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Default WANTED: Midwest USA Wine Judges

On Apr 22, 9:52 pm, bfson > wrote:
> 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


That's wine competition and rfoster2