• PERPERA Sofia
    Oenologist U.S.A.

Sofia Perpera received her degree in Chemistry from Athens University and her degree in Oenology and Wine Tasting (DUAD) from the University of Bordeaux II. Sofia worked harvests in France and Greece, and then from 1998 to 2002 joined the Greek Wine Federation, where she helped coordinate promotional efforts for Greek wine internationally. While at the Federation, she worked to advance Greek wine legislation, create educational programs for the wine sector and organize Inter-European activities with France, Italy and Spain for producer organizations, educational institutions and government agencies.

In 2003, Sofia created All About Greek Wine, a private initiative and the first comprehensive campaign to promote Greek wine in North America. Beginning in 2006, Sofia was put in charge of coordinating the promotional and educational activities for Wines of Greece in North America under the Greek National Inter-Professional Organization of Vine and Wine (EDOAO). In 2010, Sofia became Director of the Greek Wine Bureau of North America and is currently coordinating the Wines of Greece marketing program.

Sofia has also been in charge of the promotional activities of Wines from Santorini from 2010 to 2018 in the US. Since 2009 Sofia is working again for the Greek Wine Federation as a consultant responsible for the marketing activities and the European Union relations & developments. She was responsible for coordinating the marketing program of the Greek Wine Federation in the German market for 3 years, from 2015 to the end of 2017. She has also collaborated regularly with the Hellenic Foreign Trade Board and Enterprise Greece.

She regularly participates in meetings of the Comité Européen des Enterprises Vin and the Civil Wine Dialogue Group in Brussels. She has collaborated with SEV and the Agricultural University of Athens in the preparation of studies for the wine sector

In 2011, she was named the best ambassador for Greek wine abroad by Wine Business International Magazine. In 2012 and 2013 she was included amongst the 100 most influential people in the US wine market by intowine.com. Sofia also regularly participates as a judge in international wine competitions, including the TEXSOM International Wine Awards and the Thessaloniki International Wine & Spirits Competition.

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