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Marinela Ivanova

How did you get here?

I joined The World 15 years ago, after working as a waitress at a fine-dining restaurant in Germany. Coming from eastern Europe, which was still emerging after the fall of the Iron Curtain, I had never encountered the profession of a sommelier before. It was love at first sight.

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