Presenters

JASON ALLEY – Richmond, VA

Pasture

www.pastureva.com

 

JUSTIN AMICK – Atlanta, GA

Parish Restaurant

www.parishatl.com

 

NATHAN ARNOLD – Sequatchie, TN

Sequatchie Cove Farm

www.sequatchiecovefarm.com

 

MARIE BALLARD – Boca Raton, FL

Palm Bay Imports

www.palmbay.com

 

ALI & CHARLES BANKS – Montecito, CA

Cultivate Wines

www.cultivatewines.com

 

SAM BEALL – Maryville, TN

Blackberry Farm

www.blackberryfarm.com

 

DAREK BELL – Nashville, TN

Corsair Artisan Distillery

www.corsairartisan.com

 

CHRIS BENNETT – Pell City, AL

Hollow Spring Farm

www.hollowspringfarm.blogspot.com

 

FREDDY BENSCH – Atlanta, GA

SweetWater Brewing Co., Atlanta

www.sweetwaterbrew.com

 

ALLAN BENTON – Madisonville, TN

Benton’s Smoky Mountain Country Hams

www.bentonscountryhams2.com

 

DAVID BRADLEY – Atlanta, GA

Lure

www.fifthgroup.com

 

GEORGE BROOKS – Atlanta, GA

The Lawrence

www.thelawrenceatlanta.com

 

JUSTIN BURDETT – Atlanta, GA

Miller Union

www.millerunion.com

 

PAUL CALVERT – Atlanta, GA

Pura Vida

www.puravidatapas.com

 

NAVARRO CARR – Atlanta, GA

The Sound Table

www.thesoundtable.com

 

ANDY CARSON – Atlanta, GA

Bacchanalia & Quinones at Bacchanalia

www.starprovisions.com

 

DELIA CHAMPION – Atlanta, GA

Delia’s Chicken Sausage Stand

www.thesausagestand.com

 

GINA CHERSEVANI – Washington, DC

Hank’s Oyster Bar

www.hanksoysterbar.com

 

JOHN COCHRAN – Atlanta, GA

Terrapin Beer

www.terrapinbeer.com

 

JENNIFER COLE – Birmingham, AL

Southern Living

www.southernliving.com

 

JOHN COYKENDALL – Maryville, TN

Blackberry Farm

www.blackberryfarm.com

 

ERIC CRANE, CWE – Atlanta, GA

Empire Distributors, Inc.

www.empiredist.com

 

LARA CREASY – Atlanta, GA

JCT Kitchen & Bar

www.jctkitchen.com

 

CHERYL & GRIFF DAY – Savannah, GA

Back in the Day Bakery

www.backinthedaybakery.com

 

AARON DEAL – Roanoke, VA

The River and Rail

www.chefaarondeal.com

 

NICK DETRICH – New Orleans, LA

Cure

www.curenola.com

 

LIZ DOWTY – New Orleans, LA

Vino Wholesale

www.vino-wholesale.com

 

NATHALIE DUPREE – Charleston, SC

Author

www.nathalie.com

 

RON EYESTER – Atlanta, GA

Rosebud

www.rosebudatlanta.com

 

ARIANNE FIELDER – Atlanta, GA

Southern Art & Bourbon Bar

www.southernart.com

 

KELLY FIELDS – New Orleans, LA

August

www.restaurantaugust.com

 

TOM FISHER – Louisville, KY

BourbonBlog.com

www.bourbonblog.com

 

MIKE GALLAGHER – Atlanta, GA

Brick Store Pub

www.brickstorepub.com

 

KAMAL GRANT – Atlanta, GA

Sublime Doughnuts

www.sublimedoughnuts.com

 

CYNTHIA GRAUBART – Atlanta, GA

Author

www.cynthiagraubart.com

 

ANTHONY GRAY – Atlanta, GA

Southern Art & Bourbon Bar

www.southernart.com

 

CHRIS GRDOVIC – New York, NY

FOOD & WINE

www.foodandwine.com

 

STEVEN GRUBBS – Atlanta, GA

Empire State South

www.empirestatesouth.com

 

MICHAEL GULOTTA – New Orleans, LA

August

www.restaurantaugust.com

 

SHERRY & MARK GUENTHER – Monterey, TN

Muddy Pond Sorghum Mill

www.muddypondsorghum.com

 

MARY ANN HARDMAN – Clayton, GA

Persimmon Creek Vineyards

www.persimmoncreekwine.com

 

WILL HARRIS – Bluffton, GA

White Oak Pastures

www.whiteoakpastures.com

 

ELIZABETH HEISKELL – Oxford, MS

Woodson Ridge Farms

www.woodsonridgefarms.com

 

BEN HELFEN – Atlanta, GA

Counter Culture Coffee

www.counterculturecoffee.com

 

LESLIE HENDERSON – Kiln, MS

Lazy Magnolia Brewing Co.

www.lazymagnolia.com

 

EJ HODGKINSON – Atlanta, GA

Woodfire Grill

www.woodfiregrill.com

 

JOSHUA HOPKINS – Atlanta, GA

STG Trattoria

www.stgtrattoria.com

 

MATT JAMIE – Louisville, KY

Bourbon Barrel Foods

www.bourbonbarrelfoods.com

 

DAVID JONES – Atlanta, GA

BuHi

www.eatbufordhighway.com

 

DAN KAHN – Cartersville, GA

Anheuser-Busch

www.anheuser-busch.com

 

JONATHAN KALLINI – Atlanta, GA

Floataway Café

www.starprovisions.com

 

FRANK KALTSOUNIS – Charlotte, NC

Ilios Noche

www.iliosnoche.com

 

SARAH KOBB – Atlanta, GA

Canoe

www.canoeatl.com

 

STUART KRONAUGE – Atlanta, GA

The Coca-Cola Company

www.thecoca-colacompany.com

 

BOB KUPBENS – Atlanta, GA

Delta Air Lines

www.delta.com

 

DAVID LAMONT – Durham, NC

Counter Culture Coffee

www.counterculturecoffee.com

 

BRIAN LANDRY – New Orleans, LA

Borgne

www.borgnerestaurant.com

 

JOHN LANE – Atlanta, GA

Terrapin Beer

www.terrapin beer.com

 

REBECCA LANG – Atlanta, GA

Rebecca Lang Cooks

www.rebeccalangcooks.com

 

CHRISTIANE LAUTERBACH – Atlanta, GA

Food Critic

www.atlantamagazine.com

 

JOSEPH LENN – Maryville, TN

Blackberry Farm

www.blackberryfarm.com

 

JONATHAN LUNDY – Lexington, KY

Jonathan’s at Gratz Park

www.jagp.info

 

MILES MACQUARRIE – Decatur, GA

Leon’s Full Service

www.leonsfullservice.com

 

GILBERT MARQUEZ – Atlanta, GA

Escorpion Tequila Bar & Cantina

www.urestaurants.com

 

SHANNA MAYO – Atlanta, GA

Leon’s Full Service

www.leonsfullservice.com

 

NANCIE MCDERMOTT – Chapel Hill, NC

Author

www.nanciemcdermott.com

 

CHARLES MEDLEY – Owensboro, KY

Charles Medley Distillery

Wathen’s Kentucky Bourbon

www.wathens.com

 

IAN MENDELSOHN – Atlanta, GA

H+F Bottle Shop

www.hfbottleshop.com

 

ANGIE MOSIER – Atlanta, GA

www.angiemosier.com

 

RYAN MULLINS – Atlanta, GA

Quality Wine & Spirits, Inc., Atlanta

www.qwine.com

 

MARIE NYGREN – Palmetto, GA

Serenbe

www.serenbecommunity.com

 

ERIC OTTENSMEYER – Atlanta, GA

Leon’s Full Service

www.leonsfullservice.com

 

KEVIN OUZTS – Atlanta, GA

The Spotted Trotter

www.thespottedtrotter.com

 

JAMES OXENDINE – Atlanta, GA

Freelance Writer

www.atlantamagazine.com

 

ALICIA PHILIPP – Atlanta, GA

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

www.cfgreateratlanta.org

 

NICK PIHAKIS – Birmingham, AL

Jim ‘N Nick’s

www.jimnnicks.com

 

JOHN PINKERTON – Savannah, GA

Moon River Brewing Company

www.moonriverbrewing.com

 

HEATH PORTER – White Sulphur Springs, WV

The Greenbrier

www.greenbrier.com

 

CAROL PUCKETT – Greenville, MS

Viking Range Corporation

www.vikingrange.com

 

BESHA RODELL – Atlanta, GA

LA Weekly

www.laweekly.com

 

CRAIG ROGERS – Patrick, VA

Border Springs Farm

www.borderspringsfarm.com

 

STEPHEN SATTERFIELD – San Francisco, CA

Nopa/ISAW

www.nopasf.com/blog

 

MATT SAURAGE – New Orleans, LA

Community Coffee

www.communitycoffee.com

 

RORY SCHEPISI – Vega , TX

Boot Hill Saloon & Grill

www.boothillvega.com

 

CALI SCHLOSSER – Atlanta, GA

H. Harper Station

www.hharperstation.com

 

CHRISTOPHER SCHMIDT – Atlanta, GA

Floataway Café

www.starprovisions.com

 

JARED SCHUBART – Louisville, KY

Meat

www.meatlouisville.com

 

JACOB SESSOMS – Asheville, NC

Table

www.tableasheville.com

 

ERIC SIMPKINS – Atlanta, GA

The Lawrence

www.thelawrenceatlanta.com

 

ART SMITH – Atlanta, GA

Southern Art & Bourbon Bar

www.southernart.com

 

RYAN SMITH – Atlanta, GA

Empire State South

www.empirestatesouth.com

 

NICHOLAS SOUSOUNIS – Atlanta, GA

Kyma

www.buckheadrestaurants.com/kyma

 

KATHRYN SPANN – Raleigh, NC

Prodigal Farm

www.prodigalfarm.com

 

JONATHAN ST. HILAIRE – Atlanta, GA

Bakeshop

www.bakeshopatl.com

 

KELLIE THORN – Atlanta, GA

Empire State South

www.empirestatesouth.com

 

CARLA TOMASKO – Atlanta, GA

Bacchanalia & Quinones at Bacchanalia

www.starprovisions.com

 

BOB TOWNSEND – Atlanta, GA

Atlanta Journal – Constitution

www.blogs.ajc.com/drink/feed

 

FEIZAL VALLI – Birmingham, AL

www.facebook.com/feizal.valli

 

JUSTIN VAN AKEN – Miami, FL

Consultant

twitter.com/justinvanaken

 

KAREN VAN DER VORT – Braselton, GA

Chateau Élan Winery & Resort

www.chateauelan.com

 

PRESTON VAN WINKLE – Frankfort, KY

Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery

www.oldripvanwinkle.com

 

SUZANNE VIZETHANN – Atlanta, GA

The Hungry Peach

www.thehungrypeach.com

 

CHRISTINE & NATHAN VROOMAN

Amherst, VA

Ankida Ridge Vineyards

www.ankidaridge.com

 

TYLER WILLIAMS – Atlanta, GA

Abattoir

www.starprovisions.com

 

VIRGINIA WILLIS – Atlanta, GA

Virginia Willis, LLC/My Southern Pantry

www.virginiawillis.com

 

TANDY WILSON – Nashville, TN

City House

www.cityhousenashville.com

 

SCOTT WITHEROW – Nashville, TN

Olive & Sinclair Chocolate Co.

www.oliveandsinclair.com

 

JEREMY WOLGAMOTT – New Orleans, LA

High Hat Café

www.highhatcafe.com

 

CYNTHIA WONG – Atlanta, GA

Empire State South

www.empirestatesouth.com

 

OSCAR WONG – Asheville, NC

Highland Brewing Co.

www.highlandbrewing.com

 

AL YOUNG – Lawrenceberg, KY

Four Roses

www.fourroses.biz

 

KEVIN YOUNG – Atlanta, GA

Emory University

www.creativewriting.emory.edu/faculty/young.html

 

TIM YOUNG – Elberton, GA

Natures Harmony

www.naturesharmonyfarm.com

 

ZIBAA SAMANDER – Atlanta, GA

Abattoir

www.starprovisions.com