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The Professional Advisory Committee

The German Wine School has instituted a Professional Advisory Committee consisting of leading figures in wine production, the wine trade, the hotel and restaurant trade as well as in related professional associations.

The Professional Advisory Committee serves to ensure that programs developed are highly practical and up-to-date, to advise the Wine and Sommelier School on the adoption of new developments and trends, and to develop appropriate programs from these developments.

At the same time the members of the Professional Advisory Committee serve as ambassadors in publicizing the work of the Wine School in the public eye, and perform valuable honorary functions on the examination boards.

The Professional Advisory Committee consists of:

Hans- Jürgen Podzun
President, DWS, Author,
CEO of Koblenz IHK		 Bernd Glauben
President, Sommelier Union
Germany
Jürgen Fendt
Sommelier		 Gertrud Schmitz
Italian Institute for Foreign Trade
Markus del Monego
Sommelier
Katrin Sünderhauf
WeinWerk, Frankfurt
Gerhard Elze
Austrian Wine Marketing		 Norbert Rosen
Gerolsteiner GmbH & Co. KG
Silvian Rouchy
Sopexa		 Reinhard Löwenstein
Winemaker, Mosel region
Prinz zu Salm Salm
President, VDP Producers' Association		 Jens Heinemeyer
Winemaker, Nahe/Rheinhessen
Claudia Krauß
Head of education,
German Wine Institute		 Claus-Michael Niebuhr
Specialist wine merchant