Pacific Coast Oyster Wine Competition

2009

Los Angeles

Grant Adair, General Manager, King's Fish House, Calabasas

Amy Albert, Senior Associate Editor, Bon Appétit

Lou Amdur, Proprietor, Lou

Patrick Comiskey, Senior Correspondent, Wine & Spirits

Johanna Jacobson, photo journalist, AIS sommelier

Lena Katz, Author, SIP Guide, Globe Pequot 2009

Jerry Garbus, Senior Manager, Ocean Avenue Seafood

Jonathan Gold, Restaurant Critic, LA Weekly; 2007 Pulitzer for Criticism

Stacie Hunt, NPR, wine journalist, Splash Productions

Mary Sue Milliken, Chef/Owner, Border Grill and Ciudad restaurants

Russ Parsons, food writer, Los Angeles Times; Author

Amy Reiley, EatSomethingSexy.com

Anna Roth, freelance food writer

Robert Small, Professor, Cal Poly Pomona and Chairman, Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Competition

San Francisco

Jon Bonné, Wine Editor, SF Chronicle

Narsai David, Food & Wine Editor, KCBS Radio

Jerry DiVecchio, writer, food-wine-life

Mark Dommen, Chef/Partner One Market Restaurant

Michael Dunne, freelance wine writer and consultant, Sacramento

John Finger, Hog Island Oyster Company

Tim McDonald, Wine Spoken Here

Jan Newberry, Senior Editor, San Francisco Magazine

Jeff Prather, Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant/Oxbow Wine Merchant

Rod Smith, wine writer

Harvey Steiman, Editor at Large, Wine Spectator

Molly Watson, Food writer and host of "I'd Eat That"

Olivia Wu, Executive Chef, Google

Liza ZImmerman, Editor-in-chief, Cheers

Seattle

*Tom Arthur, Senior Manager, Elliott's Oyster House

*Shannon Borg, wine writer

Kevin Davis, Chef/Owner, Steelhead Diner

**Renee Erickson, Chef/Owner, Boat Street Café

Claire Hansen, server, Flying Fish

*Chuck Hill, Wine Writer; Author; Publisher, "Joy of Oysters"

Ronald Holden, Wine & food writer; Cornichon.org

Lane Hoss, Marketing Director, Anthony's Restaurants

Richard Kinssies, Proprietor, Wine Outlet; wine writer

Nancy Leson, Seattle Times, "All You Can Eat"

**Dan McCarthy, Proprietor, McCarthy & Schiering Wine Merchants

Craig Miller, Wine Guy," Top Foods, "Craig Recommends"

Maggie Savarino Dutton, "Search & Distill" columnist for the Seattle Weekly

*Gerry Warren, Enological Society Pacific Northwest; Slow Food

Bill Whitbeck, Taylor Shellfish Farms; co-author, "Joy of Oysters"

*Preliminary Judge

**Preliminary Judge Only

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