People

Sommeliers, chefs, and founders shaping the no & low ABV specialty beverage industry.

Peder Schweigert

Shelley Elkovich

Jeff Heglie

Francesco Orini

Barbara Corazza

Martynas Žemavičius

Ramón Perisé

Dani Lasa

Christian Stray-Jansen

Nicolas Limbach

Co-founder of København Kombucha

Christian Arensbak

Anna Chalov

Nataliya Peretrutova

Andrea Frigerio

Jacob Kocemba

Bo Sten Hansen

Winston Lau

Founder of Mindful Sparks, featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2025

Sharon Lee

Cindy Chen

Fabian Xander Nørregaard

Alexander Jansen

Felix Rank

Walker Brengel

Yannic Poepperling

Emile Corre

Romain des Grottes

Megan Dayton

Bo Rino Christiansen

Maddalena Zanoni

Maria-Elisabeth Laimer

Edouard Malbois

Vincent Mesnage

Louise Benkjær Limbach

Kasper Skotte Ejlskov

Konstantin Stefanik

Anna Holzer

Nicolas Adam

Daan van Diepen

Matthijs Westerwoudt

Charlie Winkworth-Smith

Timo Weisheidinger

Alexander Scott Jones

Ruben Van Aken

Yassine Ejdaa

Naomi Komatsu

Karin Pettersson

Caroline Munthe Mossvall

Robert Herbst

Michael Weissenegger

Christian Kloss

Amrei Pelzer

Jonathan Cloutier

Murray Paterson

Diego Paniagua

Nicolas Verstraete

Aaron Trotman

Charlie Friedmann

Katie Burke Mitic

Mauro Colagreco

Arielle Bove

Joe Faso

Young Stowe

Vanessa Krogh

Cornelia Øiestad

Yiyi Mendoza

Adam Elabd

Adeline Polus

Shinya Yamaguchi

David Begg

Founder of REAL, created the brand's alcohol-free fermented tea drinks after experimenting with fermentation and loose-leaf teas

Michel Gasté

Founder of Kombustache, discovered kombucha while traveling in Asia

Ina Simone Averhals

Genki Komatsu

Bernhard Schauer

Johannes Firmenich

Stefan Schauer

Graham Pirtle

Ellison Wofford

Founder of Susurrus Sparkling Teas; former wine industry professional (RAEN Winery, Bella Oaks) and certified yoga teacher

Louise Avery

Founder of L.A Brewery, kombucha maker and author of a kombucha recipe book

Maximilian Näf

Food scientist from ETH Zurich, develops recipes and product vision for NINO

Mudi El Saghir

Handles finance and strategy for NINO, background in M&A consulting