The Mid-American Wine Competition held on the Des Moines Area
Community College's (DMACC's) Ankeny Campus is seeking local judges
for the 2008 wine competition. The competition will be held on July
10, 11, and 12 to evaluate wines produced in the Midwest.

The head judge is Doug Frost. Frost is one of three people in the
world to have both qualifications of Master of Wine and Master
Sommelier. The director of the Competition is Bob Foster, longtime
wine judge and co-founder of the San Diego National Wine Competition
and writer for the California Grapevine wine newsletter.


To compliment this duo, DMACC is seeking local wine talent to help
judge the wines. Foster will administer a Judges Qualifying Exam on
May 31 at 10:00 am on the DMACC campus to find local judges. The exam
will not test wine knowledge but rather an individual's tasting
ability, consistency and recognition of wine faults. If you are
interested in taking the Judges Qualifying Exam, please contact Bob
Foster at . or at