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		Dr Marco Carnovale Travel Destinations & World Affairs Ph.D. in International Relations, travel/wine author/photographer

Coming from:		Forum Magnum Square, London UK

Marco started traveling when he was very young and learned to SCUBA dive at sixteen. He graduated cum laude in international relations at Georgetown University and earned a Ph.D. in strategic studies at M.I.T. in 1989. Later he worked in Brussels at NATO’s Headquarters focussing on Russia and Ukraine. Now an avid traveller and prolific blogger and author, Marco provides a series of talks on World Affairs, Adventure and Destinations. He also presents talks with his underwater photographs of marine life and historical wrecks. Marco is also a wine sommelier.


		Rosalind Cooper Wine & Food Diploma of the Wine & Spirit Association, MA in French

Coming from:		Abingdon, Oxfordshire UK

Rosalind began her career in California, leading wine tours and tasting wines for a wine warehouse near San Francisco. She then ran her own California wine import business in the UK. In recent years, Rosalind has written wine columns for many printed and online publications. Rosalind is passionate about wine, food and travel, which she sees as inseparable and complementary; the good things in life.


		William Crowley Geography, History & Wine PhD

Coming from:		Santa Rosa, California USA

Bill Crowley, professor emeritus and Fulbright Lecturer, provides informative and entertaining talks emphasizing cultural geography and history of ports and areas visited. He has lived in various parts of Latin America as well as in France. His travels have taken him to all the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, Western Europe, and parts of Eastern Asia and Africa. He combines humor and up-to-date research to keep his audiences interested and attentive. Dr. Crowley has presented on over 40 cruises, focused on Latin America, the Mediterranean and the West Coast of Europe. Additionally, he has served as a Wine Geography/History lecturer on several cruises.


		Eva Eliscu Dining and Culinary History

Coming from:		San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico USA

Eva Eliscu is a Swedish born culinary consultant and lecturer on the history and customs of the dining table and producer of the San Miguel’s Annual "Food in Film Festival” in Mexico. She was educated in Sweden, Switzerland and the US. She has dual citizenship in both the European Union and the United States and is a permanent resident in Mexico. She is fluent in Swedish, English, survival French and continuing to learn Spanish. She has experience as a cruise ship guest speaker and has presented her lectures at International Libraries, gourmet and culinary groups, to food and wine festivals , as well as special interest groups.


		Douglas Harrison Wine

Coming from:		London, Middlesex UK

After many years of enjoying and learning about wine, Douglas’s wine career began in 1977 when he opened and operated three Wine Bars in the City of London and one in Leicester. And so began his long and successful career in wine wholesaling and shipping. In recent years Douglas has hosted a great variety of wine events ranging from formal dinners to tastings for local wine societies. He has also been the guest wine speaker on ocean cruises and river cruises. His talks are factual, informative, delivered with a touch of humour, and are always well received by wine imbibers at all levels.


		Joseph Micallef Age of Exploration, Military and Maritime History Published Author, Fox News and CNN Commentator, Keynote Speaker

Coming from:		Tualatin, Oregon USA

Joseph V. Micallef is a historian, best selling author, keynote speaker and commentator on military and international affairs. He has produced, directed or written dozens of documentary programs on military history and world politics as well as written a number of books. He has an M.Sc. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and was a Fulbright Fellow at the Italian Institute of International Affairs. Joseph has lectured extensively on military history and world affairs at a variety of venues, and also frequently speaks on the history of food, wine and spirits. He is fluent in Italian and English.


		Dr Kristin Owens Literature \| Wine & Spirits Award-winning writer and educator

Coming from:		North Port, Florida USA

Kristin Owens is an award-winning educator and writer living in sticky southwest Florida. She’s a contributor to prestigious magazines such as 5280, Writer’s Digest, and Wine Enthusiast. She holds certifications with the Court of Master Sommeliers and Cicerone and travels the world writing about wonderful wines, beautiful beers, and surprising spirits. Her high-energy presentations encourage others to try new tastes and flavors, educate passengers on all-things-alcohol, and motivate new writers to stick with it.


		Richard Rosano Novelist and Wine Writer Wine, Food, and Travel Writer

Coming from:		Potomac, MD USA

Dick Rosano has been writing about wine, food, and travel for many years. His long-running columns have appeared in The Washington Post, Wine Enthusiast, Country Inns, United Airlines Hemispheres magazine, and many other nationally distributed publications. In a writing career that has spanned three decades, he has been the featured commenter – in print and in person – on every region of the world. Dick has lectured on wine for the American Institute of Food and Wine, the National Italian-American Foundation, and at the Smithsonian Institution, Johns Hopkins University, and at many conferences around the United States.


		Yvette Sciberras Art History B.Pharm.(Hons.), M.A.(Bar. Studies), MSc

Coming from:		Attard, Attard Malta

Yvette is a multi-talented and has in depth knowledge in very diverse topics. She is a qualified pharmacist and conducts corporate events for one of the largest multinational companies in the world. Yvette’s passion for traveling has taken her on numerous journeys worldwide. While travelling extensively around Mediterranean countries, she discovered her interest in viticulture, gastronomy, and passion for art history. She has a master’s degree in art history specializing in European visual arts of the baroque period. She is fluent in English, Maltese, and Italian, and has basic proficiency of Spanish and French.


		Mark Southon Scotch, World Whisky & other Spirit Drinks History Expertise certificates in the Understanding & Tasting of Whisky

Coming from:		Doncaster, South Yorkshire UK

Mark’s interest in the provenance and remarkable people behind the history of whisky and fine spirits including Gin, Rum, Port, Madeira, Cognac & Armagnac developed during a successful sales career spanning 40 years. His main subjects are Scotch & Irish whiskies, which he believes to be ‘the best social lubricant on the planet’. His range of lectures provide particular relevance to British Isles itineraries calling around the Scottish and Irish ports where the connections to whisky are very strong.