VIA Italian Wine Experts - 2015 to 2022
The highest level of Italian wine knowledge certified by VIA. To date, there are 15 certified IWE from the past 19 editions (passing rate: <2%).

Henry Davar
USA
USA

Gillian Gordon Smith
Australia
Australia

Irving So
Japan
Japan

Hayley Black
USA
USA

Francesco Marchio
Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Jinglin Zhang
China
China

Marcia J. Hamm
Canada
Canada

Michaela Morris
Canada
Canada

Lingzi He
China
China

Gurvinder Bhatia
Canada
Canada

Geralyn Brostrom
USA
USA

Corinne Keddie
Canada
Canada

Sue Tolson
Hungary
Hungary

Wai Xin Chan
Singapore
Singapore

Niklas Bergqvist
Sweden
Sweden
VIA Italian Wine Ambassadors 2015 - 2022
VIA’s backbone in terms of Italian wine education and promotion. To date, there are 262 IWAs coming from 38 countries/regions (passing rate: 30%)

Sarah Heller MW
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hong Kong SAR, China

Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW
Belgium
Belgium

Yang Lu MS
China
China

Nicholas Paris MW
USA
USA

Fongyee Walker MW
China
China

Brandon Tebbe MS
USA
USA

Julien Boulard MW
China
China

Jerry Cheng Yi Chen
China
China

Ian Dai
China
China

Martin Hao
China
China

Ying Guo
China
China

Kodjo Adovor
USA
USA

Jia Liu
China
China

Lan Liu
China
China

Emilia Aiello
USA
USA

Luiz Alberto
USA
USA

Alexandra Alexandrova
Russia
Russia

Deena Michelle Altman
Canada
Canada

Moonsong Bang
South Korea
South Korea

Jahde Barasch-Grose
USA
USA

Anna Baranova
Russia
Russia

Anna Bartolini
USA
USA

Jack Brostrom
USA
USA

Randall Bush
USA
USA

Nikolay Chashchinov
Russia
Russia

Bernice Cheng Beaufait
China
China

Joseph Cheung
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hong Kong SAR, China

Alexandra Corvo
Brazil
Brazil

Enrico Contini
USA
USA

Bellin Curiel
Mexico
Mexico

Rick Cusker
USA
USA

Levi Dalton
USA
USA

Sara Da Val Franco
Germany
Germany

Jennifer Delaloca
Denmark
Denmark

Brie Dema
Canada
Canada

Veronika Denisova
Russia
Russia

Sarah Dewar
Canada
Canada

Joanne DiGeso
Canada
Canada

Laura Donadoni
USA
USA

Dongmyung Hong
South Korea
South Korea

Michelle Erland
USA
USA

Daphne Feng
USA
USA

Jared Fischer
USA
USA

Maria Grazia Furbatto
Indonesia
Indonesia

Maria Gerari
Greece
Greece

Vanessa Green
Australia
Australia

John Irwin
USA
USA

Kevin Gagnon
Germany
Germany

Susan Gordon
USA
USA

Emilia Chunnju Hsiao
Taiwan
Taiwan

Rina Jiang
China
China

Rose Johnson
USA
USA

Yusen Lin
Taiwan
Taiwan

Ekaterina Khudyakova
Russia
Russia

Mabel Lai
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hong Kong SAR, China

Shelly Lee
China
China

Insoon Lee
South Korea
South Korea

Lin Liu
China
China

Juan Lizarraga
USA
USA

Kara Maisano
Australia
Australia

Luzia Schrampf
Austria
Austria

Arlene Oliveros
Philippines
Philippines

Richard Sagala
Canada
Canada

Oliver Zhou
China
China

JC Viens
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hong Kong SAR, China

Tersina Shieh
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hong Kong SAR, China

Claire Nam
South Korea
South Korea

Emily O'Hare
UK
UK

Tony Polzer
USA
USA

Giuseppe Rosati
USA
USA

Vladislav Markin
Russia
Russia

Shirley Tan
China
China

Eliza Pinta Kauce
Latvia
Latvia

Hugh Preece
USA
USA

Mi Zhu
China
China

Cheng Cheryl Peng
China
China

Giuseppe Lo Cascio
USA
USA

Iain Philip
Canada
Canada

Iris Elena Rowlee
USA
USA

Leandro Mattiuz
Brazil
Brazil

Paul Quaglini
USA
USA

Robert Miller
Canada
Canada

Snezhana Revchuk
Russia
Russia

Teng Zhang
China
China

William Predhomme
Canada
Canada

Ciro Pirone
USA
USA

Jeffrey Porter
USA
USA

Kirk Peterson
USA
USA

Jennifer Schmelzer
USA
USA

Mike Madaio
USA
USA

Michael Reale
USA
USA

Christopher Miller
USA
USA

Daria Vereshchagina
Russia
Russia

Xiang LI
China
China

Junjie Shi
China
China

Jun Wei
China
China

Xing Wei
China
China

Ning Yi
China
China

Ping Yang
China
China

Mingxu Tu
China
China

Ifan Wang
Taiwan
Taiwan

Catherine Yen
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hong Kong SAR, China

Marin Preske
USA
USA

Mark Middlebrook
USA
USA

Mary Beth Vierra
USA
USA

Phoenix Murchin
USA
USA

CK Vong
Macao SAR, China
Macao SAR, China

Jessica Anne Tan
Singapore
Singapore

Ján Špener
Slovakia
Slovakia

Joseph Vincent Micallef
USA
USA

Helen Williams
UK
UK

Xuan Zuo
China
China

Jing Zhang
China
China

Yan Zeng
China
China

Ada Zhang
China
China

Haixia Xu
China
China

Andrea Eby
Canada
Canada

Stephanie Guth
New Zeland
New Zeland

Srdan Lisac
Croatia
Croatia

Xiaolei Duan
China
China

Yanhua Jack Yang
China
China

Fangqian Tang
France
France

Julie Garton
Canada
Canada

Tommasella Perniciaro
Sweden
Sweden

Matthew Landry
Canada
Canada

Faye MacLachlan
Canada
Canada

Jenna Briscoe
Canada
Canada

Christopher Poon
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hong Kong SAR, China

Erik Klein
Slovakia
Slovakia

Guido Walter
Germany
Germany

David Furka
Hungary
Hungary

Samuel Melanson
Canada
Canada

George Caflish
USA
USA

Blagoy Kuzmanski
Bulgaria
Bulgaria

Bruno Vianna
Brazil
Brazil

Jay Hutchinson
USA
USA

Bin Zhang
China
China

Roddy Ropner
Japan
Japan

Jicheng Zhan
China
China

Elise Vandenberg
USA
USA

Stefan Metzner
Germany
Germany

Bernardo Silveira Moreira Pintor
Brazil
Brazil

Erica Parisi
UK
UK

Rachel von Sturmer
Canada
Canada

Heng Gui
China
China

Joel Mack
USA
USA

Rashmi Primlani
USA
USA

Alejandro Vera
USA
USA

Luca D'Andrea
USA
USA

Giulia Mengoni
Australia
Australia

Phyllis Wai Yin Chan
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hong Kong SAR, China

Sebastian Wöll
China
China

Alice Wong
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hong Kong SAR, China

Anson Wan
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hong Kong SAR, China

Vincent Yuen
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hong Kong SAR, China

Shelia Donohue
USA
USA

Rebecca Lawrence
UK
UK

Petra Belliti
USA
USA

Orazio Campoli
USA
USA

Massimo Serradimigni
USA
USA

Emily Wynbrandt
USA
USA

Catherine Stratton
USA
USA

Guangshuai Zhang
China
China

Long Zhang
China
China

Marisa Wu
China
China

Yong Xue
China
China

Alex White
USA
USA

Annette Lizotte
Sweden
Sweden

Daniel Marcella
Australia
Australia

Ashlee Howell
Canada
Canada

Ezra Wicks
USA
USA

Emilia Marinig
UK
UK

Erin DeMara
USA
USA

Jennifer Burgess
USA
USA

Jingjing Sui
China
China

Katarzyna Kordas
Poland
Poland

Ka-Lai Carrie Wong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Lara Camozzo
USA
USA

Kyle Harvey
USA
USA

Kimberly Minarovich
USA
USA

Luiz Batistello
France
France

Mario Magaña Mainero
Mexico
Mexico

Mayumi Fukumura
Japan
Japan

Melissa Sutherland
USA
USA

May Matta-Aliah
USA
USA

Sara Cabrele
Switzerland
Switzerland

Monika Zakrzewska
Ireland
Ireland

Paul Caputo
UK
UK

Tara Maria Jabbour
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

Rose Thomas Bannister
USA
USA

Tiziana Forni
USA
USA

Matteo Bolla
USA
USA

Gianluca Queiroli
USA
USA

Amy Ezrin
USA
USA

Diane Heck
USA
USA

Bobby Domenick
USA
USA

Paola Pavan
USA
USA

David Pinzolo
USA
USA

Susannah Gold
USA
USA

Alessandro Boga
USA
USA

Stefano Campanini
USA
USA

Asami Yoshikawa
Japan
Japan

Jue Li
China
China

Andrea Agnelli
Singapore
Singapore

Giovanni Aiello
Australia
Australia

Anthony Grourke
United States
United States

Elmar Hofer
Hungary
Hungary

Bizhen Chen
China
China

Justin Chen
Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Yvonne Ou
Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Jacopo Fanciulli
Italy
Italy

Sariya Kampanathsanyakorn
Thailand
Thailand

Davy Leung
Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Artem Lebedev
Kazakistan
Kazakistan

Heming Huang
China
China

Alberto Martinez-Interiano
USA
USA

Andrejs Batkilins
Latvia
Latvia

Annie Replogle
USA
USA

Chieko Hirano
Japan
Japan

Cynthia Chaplin
USA
USA

Daria Pukhova
Russia
Russia

Fanny Breuil
France
France

Federico Casassa
Argentina
Argentina

Juliana Colangelo
USA
USA

Luca Casolari
Spain
Spain

Paul Bologna
USA
USA

Russ Lorber
USA
USA

Slawomir Kominski
Poland
Poland

Tanya Morning Star Darling
USA
USA

Virginia Blakeman
Italy
Italy

Xiaowen DU
Italy
Italy

Marzia Gallo
Italy
Italy

Alan Yik Lun Kowk
China
China

Valeria Tenison
France
France

Alessandro Pesarini
UK
UK

Francesco Giardino
Uruguay
Uruguay

Angelo Secolo
USA
USA

Julianne Farricker
USA
USA

Kevin Di Lucente
USA
USA

Gemma Richardson
USA
USA

Staci Daniels
USA
USA

Greg Martellotto
USA
USA

Chris Keel
USA
USA

Michael Wyant
USA
USA

Limor Finkel
USA
USA

Enoch Ling
Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Beverley Bourdin
Canada
Canada

Cedric Izri
France
France

Christopher Sachs
USA
USA

Chunxia Liu
France
France

Emiliano Stratico
France
France

Erik Schneider
Denmark
Denmark

Gabby Rossouw
Spain
Spain

Hee Sung Park
South Korea
South Korea

Jessica van der Schee
Luxembourg
Luxembourg

Joanna Jabłońska
Poland
Poland

Jodie Hellman
USA
USA

Julian Di Donato
USA
USA

Julien Lamon
France
France

Michael Markarian
USA
USA

Noell Dorsey
USA
USA

Peggy Baudon
Canada
Canada

Rodrigo Sepúlveda Schulz
France
France

Scott Thomas
USA
USA

Thomas Sartori
Republica Dominicana
Republica Dominicana