Early Bird Ends
January 31, 2025
Judging
Date
May 19, 2025
Winners Announcement
June 10, 2025
Jon McDaniel is one of the most recognized wine educators and professionals in America. He was Food + Wine Magazine’s Sommelier of the Year, on Wine Enthusiast’s 40 Under 40 Tastemakers and has been knighted in both Piemonte and Verona, Italy. Having worked in every aspect of the wine industry, he brings expertise and enthusiasm to both the consumers and wine trade. He is winemaker of Amos Cellars in Sonoma, a Professor of Hospitality and Economics at Roosevelt University in Chicago and Harvard Business School, and most recently, Jon was a founding member of the United Sommeliers Foundation, raising funds for unemployed wine professionals.