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  SOLEAS George

  Oenologist Canada

George J. Soleas, SVP Logistics & Quality Assurance George Soleas received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and his area of interest has been in the analytical and biochemical aspects of alcohol beverage constituents (polyphenols and others) and their absorption and bioavailability in humans. He trained in Oenology at U.C. Davis and spent eleven years with the Canadian Wine industry, as Director of Research and Quality Assurance for a Major Winery and Chaired the Technical and Scientific Committee of the Canadian Wine Institute for nine of those years. Twelve years ago he joined the LCBO as the Director of Quality Assurance and has recently been appointed to the position of Senior Vice President - Logistics & Quality Assurance. He is currently serving as Chair of the National Quality Assurance Committee of the Canadian Association of Liquor Jurisdictions and is representing the LCBO on the Expert Committee of the World Wide Trade Group (WWTG), the Inter-Agency Council on Food Safety, the Advisory Board of the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute - Brock University, the VQAO Standards Committee and the American Society of Enology and Viticulture. His oenological and biochemical research has led to 8 book chapters, 42 peer reviewed publications and several National and International industry and scientific presentations devoted to alcohol beverage.