Sam Kim (Deputy Chair)

Sam has been involved for the past 35 years in New Zealand hospitality, wine retail, importing and distribution, as well as running wine courses and master classes.

Sam holds a Certificate in Winemaking from EIT (Hawke’s Bay), and has been judging wine for the last 26 years at various wine competitions and magazines, including the New Zealand International Wine Show, The Royal Easter Show Wine Awards, the Spiegelau International Wine Competition, The Air New Zealand Wine Awards, The New World Wine Awards, New Zealand Aromatic Wine Competition, Marlborough Wine Show, Decanter Asia Wine Awards, Cowra Wine Show and Cuisine Magazine.

He is the writer and publisher of wine review website, Wine Orbit (www.wineorbit.co.nz).