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Peter Marks, MW - Topic Presenter

Peter Marks is Senior Director of Wine & Food at COPIA and one of only 24 Masters of Wine (MW) residing in America. He received this prestigious title in 1995 from the Institute of Masters of Wine in London. That year he also became the first American to receive the Madame Bollinger Foundation Award, which is bestowed annually to the MW candidate with the highest tasting score.

Before joining COPIA, Marks was the Chief Wine Merchant at Wine.com, an Internet wine retailer serving more than 40 states, where he oversaw a team of wine experts who tasted and selected all wines for the site. For 15 years prior, Marks was Director of Wine for the upscale Draegers Supermarkets located in San Mateo, Menlo Park and Los Altos, California. In 1985 and 1986, he also hosted a weekly live television show called Meet the Winemakers that was sponsored by the Napa Valley Vintners Association.

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