The 15th edition of Romania’s National Sommelier Contest, held in Bucharest in late September, brought together an international jury from several countries to evaluate the skills of a dozen candidates. Ms Julia Scavo achieved the best score in the finals and received the title of Best Sommelier in Romania 2018, ahead of three other finalists,
Marian Muntean, Filip Florian Zota and Ionut Andries. You can read an interview with Julia Scavo, a mathematician who has been working as a sommelier for 10 years, in the current edition of the newsletter.