Germany
, Lueneburg 
Darrel
Dear Kristine, Thank you for requesting connection with me here on LinkedIn. I see that you are the commercial director at the Armenia Wine Winery. It is nice that you have contacted me - Armenia is one of my specialist wine countries - I have been there a few times, and have conducted a wine masterclass there, as well as have visited several wineries there. I lecture on the wines of Armenia ( at the IMC University of Applied Sciences in Krems, Austria), and have judged Armenian wines for the Decanter World Wine Awards in London for 16 years, until 2024. I have been in touch with Edward Binder about being invited again to Armenia to conduct some lectures in Yerevan.... and I was also told that I was recommended to judge wines for the Concours Mondial competition this month. However, the Concours Mondial had ignored the recommendation - in the past, they wanted to know if I make social media publicity for the wine competitions that I judge in - they do not care that I have specialist knowledge of Armenian wines and that I am a wine professional (writing, tasting, judging, lecturing) for 30 years. All they want to know is if I make publicity for Concours Mondial - they are not interested in my wine judging expertise. Needless to say, it is disappointing that Concours Mondial does not take my knowledge and experience seriously (which says a lot about that competition). But nevertheless - I will be doing several projects on my own, and I will continue to do more for Arm
