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Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting Judges

2011 Judges
February 26, 2011

Margaret Swaine-- Toronto, Canada; Wine, food and travel writer: The National Post, Best Health Magazine & Travel Industry Today

Christine Miller Ford--Publisher & Editor, Panhandle magazine, debuting in March

Mark Kraham--News Director, NBC-25 Hagerstown, MD

Steven Keith --The Food Guy, Charleston Daily Mail

Beth Kanter--Freelance Journalist: Parents, Shape, Chicago Tribune, Michelin, "Day Trips from Washington, DC: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler", Fodor's Washington DC 2011

Jennifer Jett Nugent--Chief Creative Officer, Executive Ink, LLC: WV Executive & WV Meeting Planner magazines

John Hingsbergen--News Director, WV Public Broadcasting

Reed Hellman--Wordsmith: Recreation News & Business Monthly

Matthew Graham--Freelance Journalist: Richmond Magazine, Recreation News, Washingtonian & Forbes Travel

Kathleen Ganster --Freelance Journalist: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Boomers, Views & Voices Magazine, Pennyslvania Magazine, Patch.com

Su Clauson-Wicker--Travel writer and author: Inn-to-Inn Walking Guide for Virginia & West Virginia, West Virginia Off the Beaten Pat, contributing editor for Blue Ridge Country Magazine

Karen Cara--Freelance Photographer: The Washington Post, Washingtonian Magazine

Arthur von Wiesenberger, noted water expert, author, radio and TV personality from Santa Barbara, CA, will conduct the event.

The competition is a double blind taste test using a scorecard judging clarity, smell, taste, mouth feel & aftertaste. Detailed results of the judging will be available to each individual municipality or company after the event.

All four divisions - commercially bottled water, sparkling & non-carbonated, purified drinking water, and municipal water will be judged separately. Ballots for the Peoples' Choice Package Design Award will be available on Saturday, February 23, 2008.

We will only release the top five winners in each field, avoiding any negative press for those entrants who finish lower.