Tinatin Enukidze 
Give Tinatin from Georgia a warm welcome!
Proud of sharing the Georgian culture on her most recent project sponsored by Soalheiro (alongside another WINTOUR student @gio_chezhia), "Aghora" was born in the terroir of Melgaço (Portugal) inspired by the Georgian traditional method - meaning long skin contact in white wine, and fermentation and aging in Amphora. We are all very excited to see (and taste) the results!
From: Tbilisi, Georgia
Speaks: Georgian, English, Spanish (and a little bit of Portuñol)
Education: Bachelor of Business Administration in Tourism, Tbilisi State University. Master of Tourism Management (Specialisation: F&B Management), Budapest Business University.
Professional Background: Product Manager at Concord Travel in Tbilisi, Georgia. Tasting Room/Sales Assistant at Tasting Table Budapest, Hungary.
Other interests: mountains, stars, travelling, cooking, live music, painting, walking, photography, khinkali and ladybirds.
Goals: to make khachapuri, not war, support Georgian and Portuguese wine tourism, and have her own winery in Khvanchkara, Georgia.
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Valeria Tenison
This is Valeria from the Wintour 3.0 family and the 2018 winner of All-Russia Female Sommelier competition!
From: Russia
Speaks: Russian, English, French, Italian, Spanish
Education: European regional studies, International Relations
Professional background: F&B, sommelier
Other interests: art, history, languages, fitness, healthy lifestyle
Goals: always only do things that make me happy
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Yusif Lazgiyev
Meet Yusif, from Azerbaijan!
He is truly passionate about bringing the hidden secrets of wine back to his homeland. Count on him to find out all of the technical details and make friends everywhere he goes, bringing knowledge and fun to the Wintour journey.
From: Land of fire, Azerbaijan
Speaks: Azerbaijani, English, Turkish, Russian and un petit peu French
Education: Quality Control of consumer goods
Professional background: 2 years assistant of enologist in winery
Other interest: Traveling, judo, cooking, history, discovering new things
Goals: develop wine tourism in Azerbaijan and make own wine business
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Raúl Vega
Say hola to Raul from Mexico!
His passion for food and wine along with his ambitious nature makes for a great combination. Now he's back in our beloved Cataluña working with @demullerofficial on his master thesis and we can't wait to see (and drink) the results
From: Mexico
Speaks: Spanish, English, Portuguese
Education: Bachelor in Gastronomy
Professional background: Wine tourism managing and restaurant chef back home
Other interests: Huge Sparkling wine fan as well as Vermouth and craft beer
Goals: currently working on exports and internal market business strategies to overcome world economic fluctuations
Life after WINTOUR: Develop a career in the wine trading business and in the future open a wine bar where I can combine my both passions and learnings: wine and food
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Odile Bouchard
Say hi to Odile!
With an interesting background in biology and environmental studies, this half French, half American lady looks forward to work with local communities to develop a sustainable and cooperative models of wine tourism for both the New and Old world regions.
From: 1/2 France, 1/2 America.
Speaks: English, French, Italian, Portuguese (& dabbles in Spanish).
Education: Bachelors in Biology and Environmental Studies, wine tasting education since a pre-legal age with my Burgundian father.
Professional background: Previously, science communication and habitat restoration in San Francisco. Currently, wine tourism and international brand development for Quinta do Tedo.
Other interests: Illustration, science writing, cooking and eating in good company, traveling solo, wild animal trackng.
Goals: Napa Valley, where I grew up, is an iconic example of successful wine tourism, but it is neither the only model nor the most sustainable to follow, especially for more rural, less developed areas. Some wine tourism models benefiting the success of a monoculture and few stakeholders in regions that need overarching socioeconomic development. I hope to work with local communities to develop sustainable, collaborative wine tourism models that are relevant to and highlight New and Old World wine regions' unique cultural, historic, natural and agricultural assets.
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Natalia Coto
Meet Natalia Coto Hernández, from Wintour 3.0!
Proudly representing Costa Rica, a small country where the interest and passion for wine keeps on increasing day by day. I'm a proof of that! In 2004, I had graduated from tourism and I was working in hospitality. In that moment, the wine world knocked on my door and it was love at first sight. I started to learn on my own and then I studied wine more in depth with the sommelier diploma. I spend a few months in Mendoza, Argentina where I realized I truly loved wine tourism. But I was still missing that professional connection I wanted from both of my careers and this is what Wintour brought to my life. This master was the one I had looked for many years and it has given me the opportunity to learn so much...the knowledge, the experiences and the amazing wines, now I have countless stories to tell. I can assure you #wintourmaster is a new world of possibilities!
Partner Country Scholarship
Age: 35
Country: Costa Rica
Current Location: Bordeaux, France
Academic Background: Tourism & Sommellerie (Escuela Argentina de Sommeliers)
Professional Background: Hospitality, Wine & Beer Marketing, Aviation
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Lyka Caparas
Meet Lyka Caparas, from Wintour 3.0!
"I believe in authentic product stories, and this is one reason that drove me to wine. It is a product that is so rich with so many things to be described of, in different angles and layers. Being in product and branding management, I've acquired the talent of reshaping perceptions, simplifying ideas, and enriching memories with product through marketing.
#wintourmaster opens me to several other cultures and understanding that I can share in my country - Philippines; a very hospitable country with a developing taste for wine. Being in a non wine-region, I believe that nothing holds any country to learn, appreciate and understand."
Partner Country Scholarship
Country: Philippines
Age: 31
Current Location: France
Academic Background: Bachelor in Marketing and Master in Business Administration
Professional Background: Brand and Product Marketing Management
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Lana Ruff
Meet Lana from Brazil! Journalist and Wine educator, she has great experience in one of Brazil's largest and fastest growing e-commerce as a sommelier and head of content.
From: São Paulo, Brazil
Speaks: Portuguese, English, French, Spanish
Education: Journalism bacharel + 2 years of studies in Linguistics and Latin
Professional background: Journalist, Wine Educator, created from scratch the communications strategy for Evino, Brazil's second largest and fastest growing e-commerce, where she was a Sommelière and Head of Content for over 5 years
Other interests: literature, performative arts
Goals: to build connections and bring different players in the wine industry together through policies of cooperation and by sharing knowledge; to keep learning and changing what I do and understand as work
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Euclides Francisco dos Santos Neto
Euclides Francisco dos Santos Neto, from Wintour 3.0
"I'm an inspired Brazilian who is always seeking to break boundaries with a smile and, unpretentiously, help people discover the fascinating world of wine. Be by my eyes or through the eyes of my professional lens."
"Being an oenologist and photographer always sounded to me like the coolest blend I could ever develop, age and label as part of my career. When I got accepted to be part of #wintourmaster, the opportunities to expand my knowledge in both fields unfolded seamlessly, almost as if they were meant to be. The structure of the masters itself incites the innovative side of me to spark, helping not only to observe good examples in the wine industry, but encouraging me to improve them for the future.
Age: 28 years old
Country: Brasil
Current location: France
Professional background: Oenologist with a post grad in Marketing and Strategic Management.
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Catherine Yorke-Hart
"Wine and tourism... two of my great passions in life, evoked when I spent time as a wine tourist in my beautiful home country, are perfectly encapsulated in one master - Wintour!
This journey has allowed me the opportunity to live, learn and grow as a future wine tourism professional in at least three iconic wine-producing countries, and I am truly blessed to be a part of this experience. I have no doubt that wine tourism is a fantastic tool for development and that it can be used as a driving force for good in so many different ways. Through hands-on experience and knowledge shared with professors, professionals and a multinational, forward-thinking group of students - I'm ready to face the industry head on. During this time I have also grown so much as a person by being exposed to different cultures, people, places and situations, and I have no regrets about saying yes to this wonderful adventure!"
South Africa
Age - 24
Academic background - BA Communication Science
Professional background - travel agent and language editor
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Daniela Cohen
Meet Daniela Cohen, sharing knowledge, one glass at a time!
"My passion has always been to share my cultural experiences with others, and the Wintour program seemed like the perfect fit to start my journey as a Wine Tourism communicator... Coming from a country where wine is not yet considered a cultural product, my aim is to make it as accessible as possible by using online content with a simple and streamlined language. Join me!"
She is an online-heavy journalist and digital marketer, and she is Wintour's newest Marketing Support intern! She has started her career in radio broadcasting, where she managed online content, reported the news and had a daily cultural column, but after a wine tasting sparked her curiosity about the eno-world, she pursued a sommelière formation at the Brazilian Association of Sommeliers. She currently works in Digital Marketing as a freelance consultant and has just finished her Post-Graduation in Gastronomic Journalism.
Self-funded
Country: Brazil
Current Location: Bordeaux, France
Academic Background: Bachelor in Social Communication/Journalism, Post-Grad in Gastronomic Journalism, Sommelière (ABS-RJ)
Professional Background: Journalist, Social Media Manager, Digital Marketer
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Ani Zurabashvili
Offer Ani a glass of wine and say "Gaumarjos" if you ever meet her, cause she believes that every great story starts with alcohol and #Khachapuri (a dish from her homeland)! She just graduated from WINTOUR and is currently head of Marketing for promotion masterclasses and events related to premium wines and food products at Gastronome · გასტრონომი
From: Tbilisi, Georgia.
Speaks: English, Russian, un po'Italian
Education: Bachelor in Business Administration and Marketing University of Georgia
Professional Background: Account Manager at Saatchi&Saatchi creative agency, Brand Manager of Bacardi Martini Georgia
Current job: Head of Marketing at Gastronome - a gourmet product retail chain
Other interests: reading, traveling, music, bartending, meditation
Goals: To raise and strengthen awareness for Georgian wines abroad
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Agnes Wu
Santé from Reims! Agnes fell madly in love with wine for a good couple of years now, and the champagne world is the adventure to be explored at this moment. Which wine destination shall be her next?
From: Taiwan
Speaks: Mandarin, English, French
Education: Bachelor in Business Administration and Management, Master degree in European study from Tamkang University in Taipei.
Professional Background: Sommelier Assistant at Domaine de Châteauvieux in Geneva, Switzerland and Brand Representative at Wine importer Titlist Company in Taiwan.
Current job/projects: Boutique sommelier at Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin
Other interests: Visit wine region, dancing, horse riding and diving
Goals: My goal is to become a bridge between East and West. I found my love: wine. I dedicate to my passion and find the joy when I am traveling different wine regions. I want to share the beauty of wine heritage with people, and keep brain storming to bring out sparkles when wine meets Asian food!
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