The Founding Members of the Alianza Peruana de Sommeliers – ALIPS Meet In Person for the First Time – Alianza Peruana de Sommeliers

First Meeting of the Founding Members — Diego Cruz Gates, Máximo Garay Mozo, Lucero Villagarcía, Edgard Sialer, Juan Pablo Figueroa, Pedro Cuenca Espinoza, Gregory Thomas Smith, María Florencia Rey, Jorge Miguel Jiménez Garavito, Joseph Ruiz Acosta, Soledad Marroquín, Álvaro Duran (from left to right)

Thursday, 03 March 2022
by Gregory Thomas Smith

On the morning of Wednesday, March 2nd, the founding members of the Alianza Peruana de Sommeliers – ALIPS met for their first in-person meeting. The meeting was held in a private room at The Courtyard By Marriott Lima Miraflores. Topics discussed included legal and logistical matters, logo and branding, and membership. The founding members in attendance were:

President, Máximo Garay Mozo
Vice President, María Florencia Rey
Secretary General, Pedro Cuenca Espinoza
Council Member, Juan Pablo Figueroa
Diego Cruz Gates, Founding Member
Álvaro Duran, Founding Member
Jorge Miguel Jiménez Garavito, Founding Member
Soledad Marroquín Muñoz, Founding Member
Joseph Ruiz Acosta, Founding Member
Edgard Sialer, Founding Member
Gregory Thomas Smith, Founding Member
Lucero Villagarcía, Founding Member

Unfortunately, due to other professional obligations, Armando Ponce Rojas (Treasurer), Manuel Carrasco Valderrama (Founding Member), and Carlos Neira Núñez (Founding Member) were unable to attend.