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Honouring our Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients

2016
Gerald Lu
Unique Food & Wine Sommelier of the Year
Designation
Partner
Company
Praelum Wine Bistro
Category
Sommelier of the Year
Hosting Establishment(s)
France
Location
  1. Chateau Pontet-Canet
  2. Chateau Pichon Longueville Lalande
  3. GH Martell Group
  4. Louis Roederer
  5. Bruno Paillard
  6. Krug
  7. Pol Roger
  8. Joseph Perrier
  9. Ruinart
  10. Pierre Peters
  11. Bollinger
  12. Moet
  13. Philipponnat
  14. Joseph Drouhin
  15. Rossignol Trapet
  16. Guy Amiot
  17. Vincent Girardin
  18. Thibault Liger Belaira
  19. Faiveley

Travel Takeaway

The biggest takeaways for me was to see the power of branding and marketing collectively launch themselves from the brink of extinction after World War II, to one of the most successful regions and products that is spoken on the lips of every wine lover all over the world.

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