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JONATHAN CRISTALDI is Decanter’s Napa Valley correspondent. Based in California, he is a widely published writer on wine, spirits and beer, and is editor-at-large for both The Somm Journal and The Tasting Panel magazine

SARAH JANE EVANS MW is an awarded journalist, author and broadcaster, aDWWA Co-Chair, and the chair of Spain’s Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino. Her new book The Wines of Central andis set for release this month

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