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Martin STURMA

JETRO Associate, Prague Office Associate at the Prague office of Japan External Trade Organization. Experienced in sale of French wines, my current responsibilities include research and organization of seminars about Japanese sake.

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Alissa SCHERZER

Marketing & Sales, Ueno Gourmet After graduating in Japanese Studies Alissa Scherzer joined the UENO GOURMET Team as marketing manager to spread the knowledge and availability of Japanese gourmet culture. As WSET certified sake expert, she is ready to share her expertise and help understand what premium sake is all about. .

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Lionel SCHNEIDER

Chef Sommelier, Directeur adjoint, Hôtel Ritz, Paris Learning with the best sommeliers in emblematic Michelin star restaurants such as «Aux Armes de France” in Ammerschwihr, La Pyramide in Vienne and Pur’ by Jean François Rouquette at Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme, allowed him to be now part of the great adventure of the reopening of the Ritz Paris where he acts as Assistant Manager at the side of Estelle Touzet. He offers extremely rare bottles to his…

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Emmanuel RYON

Pastry Chef / MOF ice-cream « UNE GLACE A PARIS » Paris 3rd Two years after its opening « Une Glace à Paris », owned by Emmanuel Ryon (and Olivier Ménard) has surely become the best ice-cream parlor of the capital. Awarded « Meilleur Ouvrier de France / Ice-cream maker » and « World’s best Pastry Chef 1999 », there’s no lack of titles nor of talent! The exquisite « smoked vanilla » ice-cream is…

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Susanne ROST-AOKI

Founded her Berlin-based company SAKE KONTOR in 2004 to make Japanese Premium Sake available in Germany and spread Japanese sake-culture. SAKE KONTOR is an importer of a carefully selected range of Sake from Japan. In October 2010 SAKE KONTOR opened Germany’s first dedicated Sake store in Berlin Friedrichshain. It is providing sake-knowledge, trainings and tastings for professionals and consumers as well. It got several awards (National Gourmand Award Wine Books 2012; Silver World Gourmand Award…

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Rita PINNA

Chef sommelière Rita Pinna is a native Italian sommelier from the island of Sardinia. In France for the last 25 years, after studies of stylism in Venezia where she discovered the wine world, she decided to become one of the main standard bearer of Italian wine in France. She has been in charge, during more than 15 years, of « Idea Vino » in Paris, who was the only specialized Italian cellar in France, She…

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Akitsu ORII

Flutist, translator. In addition to her professional activities, she has been studying Japanese traditional arts since 2008. In 2016, she was appointed to study with the Grand Master of the Shino school of Kodo and went to Nagoya to receive his teaching.

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Yuko NONAKA

A m b a ssadrice de grandes marques de Whiskies Japonais Yuko partage sa vie entre le Japon où elle est née et a grandi jusqu’à l’âge de 20 ans, et Paris où elle vit aujourd’hui. Deux cultures la nourrissent sans cesse depuis 24 ans. Curieuse et passionnée, elle représente les marques de whisky Suntory en France en tant qu’ambassadrice de marque depuis 10 ans, et adore découvrir de nouvelles saveurs et rencontrer des gens…

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