Masters of Wine
The Master of Wine (MW) credential is the world’s most respected wine title. It is awarded by the Institute of Masters of Wine to wine professionals who demonstrate their knowledge and tasting skills by passing a three-part examination, following several years of study. The WSET Level 4 Diploma is a qualifying credential for applying into the Master of Wine program. There are currently 396 MWs in the world, and 53 of them reside in the U.S.
We at International Wine Center are very proud to include among our graduates 17 individuals who are now Masters of Wine. We feature some of these people below. We hope their stories will inspire others in their pursuit of wine expertise.
In addition to the MWs featured here, other Masters of Wine who studied at International Wine Center include Michele Anderson MW, Dilek Caner MW, Adam La Pierre MW, Jean K. Reilly MW, and Sheri Sauter Morano MW.
Recent Graduates
Since 1996, when the first two of International Wine Center’s students earned the WSET Diploma in Wines & Spirits, more than 335 students have successfully completed all units of WSET’s Level 4, Diploma.
WSET Level 4 Diploma graduating class
Graduates by year
The WSET® Level 4 Courses in Wines and Spirits are a program of study for wine and spirit professionals and consumers who are serious about pursuing a high-level, internationally recognized industry credential. This program is one of the most demanding and challenging courses of wine study offered in the world and fulfills one of the prerequisites for entry into the Master of Wine program.
A full list of IWC students who have passed the WSET Diploma in Wines & Spirits follows.
Adriana Aga
Jennifer Connan
Krysta Dennis
Christy Frank
Tatiana Gana
Sophie Huberdeau
Paul-Alexis Kebabtchieff
Susan Kim
Thomas Kobylarz
Oskar Kostecki
Amy Lee
Kristin Ma
Anthony Magro
Thibault Maronnier
Elan Moss
Justin Sharkey
Elizabeth Smith
Andrew Wolinsky
Theresa Eiland
Kara Joseph
Cara Patteson
Matthew Rossiter
Christopher Sachs
Courtney Schiessl
Ashley Sherman
Marilee Bostic
Thomas Coperine
Clara Dalzell
Anna Debeer
Thomas George
Lisa Gurvey
Linda Helmlinger
Charlie Herman
Simon Herriot
Andrew Isaacson
Neil Kaplan
Michael Leslie
Michael Ma
Julie Margolis
Brianna Needle
Jessica Newton
Raphaelle Pasquier
Holly Shaw
Jennifer Spiering
Julien Vaute
Chad Watkins
Eric Zillier
Danielle Donovan
Daniel Festerling
John Grammer
Ruben Guzman
Debbie Jones
Paula Maia
Michael McNelis
Kerry Jo Rizzo
David Rudman
T. Reginald Solomon
Aditi Venkatesh
Thomas Anderer
Laura Battiato
Sarah Bray
Beth Cotenoff
Jillian Davis
Cecilia Gadea
Cassidy Havens
Tricia Heywood
Thomas Kim
Megan O’Connor
Liz Palmer
Antonio Gregorio Perez Palacios Arias
Amber Rill
Noah Schwartz
Dan Stensland-Bos
Marshall Tilden III
Thomas C. Whalen
HuaFeng Zhang
Andreas Zinelis
Deborah Bazzano-Banhos
Kathryn Califano
Diana DeFrate
Diego Del Pino
Guy Devereux
Elizabeth Foster
Miranda Joyce
Sebastian Koncurat
Link Landvik-Larsen
Frank LaSusa
Justen Lenig
Gabriella Macari
Irene Miller
Courtney Olson
Nathaniel Proctor
Nicole Ruiz Hudson
Bridget Stankiewicz
Jaclyn Stuart
Daniel Sullivan
Karen Ulrich
Erin White
Joanna Wyzgowska
Keke Zhao
Chaitra Chandrasekhar
Sara Gann
Tamara Gibb
Jonathan LaRochelle
Kenneth Lipsmeyer
Kareem Massoud
Alex Miller
Amy Miller
Lauren Mowery
Christopher Obalde
Daniel Peng
Renato Sinitean
Tina Williford
Jing Bin
Vanessa Conlin
Laura Corrigan
Anne Cox
Kathleen Hall Smith
Glenda Hersh
Nicholas Jackson MW
Carolyn Kapuvari
Urs Kaufmann
Dmitriy Krasny
Michael Meagher
Vanessa Price
Carl Rohrbach
Julie Rothberg
Erik Strait
Ted Wilson
Camila Xavier
Anthony Ambrosini
Erin Barbour Scala
Deanne Biggs
Georgia Blume
Taylor Cameron
Matthew Denune
Robert Engel
Christina Fuhrman
Amy Garrett
David Hawkins
Samuel Kass
Russell Lichtenthal
Alex Michas
Aaron Sherman
Maureen Sossi
Jadviga Villa
Keith Bailey
Alessandra Barazza
Matthew Bernstein
Eric Birenbaum
Travis Glohs
Tom Holton
Anna Lee Iijima
Marta Kandl
Debra Marchese
Denise Shumway
Michael Weinz
John Wilkinson
Josephine Young
Alex Alan
Matt Bradford
Bryan Burkey
Laurent Cherrier
Stephen C. Fahy
Jerusha Frost
Sylvie Gervais
Diana Harriman
Courtney Hughes
Sara Jenkins
Svetlana Keren
Alexandra S. Levy
Magdalena Lukaszewska
Emily Mackay
Sarah Malik
Mary Margaret McCamic MW
Rebecca Mills
David Moore
Nicole Niebisch
Sean Razee MS
Kristina Sazama
Stephen Small
Francois Steichen
Paul Sturgess
Aviram Turgeman
Kerstin Walz
Stephanie Wang
Virginie Wiggins
Carl York
Christine Baggetta
Rebecca Banks
Shannon Brock
Anne Burgio
Samantha Carrington
Max Cheslow
Kevin Cleary
Gary D’Urso
John Fiola
Cybele Fishman
Amy Hawley
Philip Hedger
Keri Jackson
Stephanie Johnson
Uwe Kristen
Eileen LeMonda
Kingsley Martin
Brian Matthys
Patrick McAteer
Deb McCole
Stephanie McKinnon McDade
Robin Meredith
Jose Moreno-Lacalle
Ivonne E. Nill
Lilibeth Perkel
Rachel Ponce
Orr Reches
John Roesch
Ruben Sanz Ramiro
Sasha Smith
Will Sugerman
Amanda Swenson
Mark Swirsky
Cathrine Todd
Rajeev Vaidya
Alfonso Vargas
Sheridan Vichie
Kathryn Webber
Ariel Yakobovich
Brad Ball
John Bandman
Mary John Baumann
Jessica Bell
Rodolphe Boulanger
David Coffey
Marisa D’Vari
Jennifer Desmond
Adam Feil
Rashida Veronique Fitzgerald
Matthew Glass
Joshua Hakimi
Caroline Hermann MW
Susan Hesleitner
Christina Jacobs
Janine Lettieri
Rachel Mark
Amy Monroe
Jorge Alberto Murillo
Rik Pike
Elizabeth Pirnat
Nicholas Poletto
Sharla Purucker
Joseph Raya
Shana Reade
Scott Rosenbaum
Eric Shea
Danica Stitz
Jesse Webster
Michele Anderson MW
Alexis Brock
Jason Carey
Michael Cooperman
Nicole Drummer
Eileen Duffy
Sunny Gandara
Susannah Gold
Tracy Kamens
Michael Kirstein
James Kuhner
Tamara Lover
Mimi Martin
Melissa Monti
Kirstin Ohrt
Emily Pickral Papach
Jamie Pollack
Nandini V. Rao
Michael Reilly
Adam Rhynard
Sharon Sevrens
Joseph Campanale
Anne Cavaliere
Andrea Englisis
Lorri Hambuchen
Adam La Pierre MW
William Macauley
Mimi Raygorodetsky
William Roach
Bethany Scherline Burke
Brent Wasser
Jennifer Chin
Joanne Close Diaz
Lisa Donneson
Marianne Frantz
Michael Greene
Jonathan Grossweiler
Silvina Guinle
Kylene Keith
Lyle Kula
Alison Matera
Katherine Pepper
Brian Robinson
Michael Ahlborn
Anne-Marie Bazzani
Dilek Caner MW
Kori Clarke
Dennis Corrigan
Francine Diamond
Stephanie Honig
Jim Hutchinson
Louise Jordan
Peter Knauss
Larry Leventhal
Walter Daniel Neely
Angus O’Shea
Ophelia Santos
Robert Scibelli
Danna Shapiro
James Christopher Tracy
John Graham Tucker
John Little
Carrie Marchal
Melissa Monosoff MS
Donna Quinn
John Sellar
Ari Soroken
Charles Austermuhl
Dr. Lena B. Brattsten
Roger Campbell
Christy Canterbury MW
Mark Cochard
James Colabelli
Cyril Frechier
Mary Gorman-McAdams MW
Mia Malm
David Martin
Joshua Miles
Jennifer O’Brien
Eran Pick MW
James Tidwell MS
Mollie Battenhouse MW
Albert Ho
Allison Junker
Susan LaRossa
Matthew MacCartney
Jonathan Read
Jean Reilly MW
Jennifer Simonetti MW
Richard Willett
Liza Zimmerman
Magnus Andersson
Christine Ansbacher
Gillian Balance MS
Helen Claydon
Neal Ewing
Lisa Granik MW
Robert Kish
Gloria Maroti Frazee
Peter Neptune MS
Mary O’Connor
Constance Savage-Frokic
Nathaniel Smith
Lisl Sollner Unterholzner
Randa Warren MS
Peter Brunet
Charles Curtis MW
Donna J. Eng
Pamela Hersch
May Matta-Aliah
Philippe Newlin
Sheri Sauter Morano MW
Maria (Mimi) Thompson
Cathi Carroll
Tad Drouet
Stephanie Frederick
Scott A. MacLeod
Matt Oggero
Mike Von Heckler
Wayne Young
Kathleen Cardlin
David B. Levitt
Rebecca Chapa
Kimberly Charles
Linda Lawry
Candela Prol
Steve Miller
Theresa Ryder
