90 { THE SOMM JOURNAL } OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2017
Our Lake County somm campers from left to right: Debra Sommerfield, Executive Director,
Lake County Winegrape Commission, aka Lake County Winegrape Growers; Pier-Alexis Soulière, MS, Manresa Restaurant, Los Gatos, CA;
Peter Molnar, Partner, Obsidian Ridge; Traci Dutton, The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, St. Helena, CA; Diego Bermudez, Mastro's
Steakhouse, Chicago; Jonathan Walters, Director of Farming, Brassfield Estate Winery; Jerusha Frost, Monkey Bar, Cafeteria & Empire Diner,
New York City; Anibal Calcagno, Oceana, New York City; Romain Pardo, Vin Sur Vingt, New York City; James Wasson, SingleThread Farms,
Healdsburg, CA; Chuck Herrold, Monterey Bay Wine Company; Dawn Smith, John Howie Steak, Seattle; Patty Beck, DWS, Old Homestead
Steakhouse, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas; Christopher Harris, Smyth + The Loyalist, Chicago; Rachael Ryan, High Treason, San Francisco; Matthew
Bills, Eden Restaurant, Chicago; and Boseon (Sunny) Kwon, Aureole Las Vegas by Charlie Palmer, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas. Missing in the photo
is Patrick Mullane of Forbes Mill Steakhouse, Los Gatos, CA.
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THE Region's Wines Rumble
With Intensity And Elegance
by Randy Caparoso / photos by Nathan DeHart
