American and Canadian professionals at Ktima Gerovassiliou

The organizing and the coordination of the visit were assigned to the Greek Wine Bureau of North America. A visit to Ktima Gerovassiliou was scheduled on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. The wine- tasting was followed by dinner.

The guests were:   

Daniella Senior, manager & wine buyer of Zaytinya restaurant in Washington DC  

Lucas Paya, beverage director of Think Food Group of the chef Jose Andres

Peter Granoff MS, co-owner of the wine shop Ferry Plaza Wine Merchants in San Francisco         

Jeff Taylor, head sommelier of the restaurant Eleven Madison Park (3 Michelin Stars for 2012)

Roland Hankerson, fine wine buyer for JJ Buckley, involved with on line sales

Winn Roberton, sommelier of Bourbon Steak in Four Seasons Hotel, Washington DC

Jon Stammel, owner of the marketing company Futureshiftb and partner of New Wines of Greece

Zoltan Szabo, sommelier of The Trump International Hotel & Tower in Toronto

Eugene Mlynczyk, master of Wine candidate, educator and employee of Constellation Brands in Toronto

Steven Alexander Robinson, sommelier of Atelier restaurant in Ottawa, Canada

Isabel Bordeleau, sommelier of Boulud restaurant, Montreal

Bridget Eileen Cheslock, wine buyer of Protocol Wine Studio (wine club in San Diego) & Prince Of Wine (on like wine retailer) & blogger

Max William Campbell, sommelier of Joe Beef  Restaurant, Montreal

David Kristiansen, sommelier of Sensi & Michael Mina reaturants in Bellagio Resort, Las Vegas        

Jonathan Pullis, Master Sommelier, beverage director in Little Nell, Aspen

The group of professionals was accompanied by Sofia Perpera from the Greek Wine Bureau-North America, New Wines of Greece.