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Daniel Johnnes
 Considered one of the top sommeliers and most respected wine personalities in the country, Daniel Johnnes is a partner and the wine director for the Myriad Restaurant Group, founded by Drew Nieporent, whose restaurants include, among others, Montrachet, Nobu, The Tribeca Grill, and Layla.
In 2001, Daniel received the Restaurant Wine Professional of the Year Award from Santé Magazine. Daniel was named as the nation's top sommelier by the James Beard Foundation in May of 1995, receiving the Outstanding Wine Service Award. He was named Wine Master of the Year by The Fine Wine and Food Federation in July 1993. And in 1991, Daniel finished as one of the top 10 sommeliers in the country in a competition sponsored by "Food and Wines from France." In 1994, Montrachet received the ultimate prize by being awarded the coveted "Grand Award" by the Wine Spectator.
In 1993, Daniel co-founded "Jeroboam Wines," a company dedicated to importing wines hand-selected from some of France's most dedicated and innovative producers, many of whose wines had never before been exported from France.
Daniel has been a contributor to Food & Wine, Gourmet, Wine & Spirits, and Sante, among others. He is the author of a consumer guide to good value wines: "Daniel Johnnes's Top 200 Wines, An Experts Guide to Maximum Enjoyment for Your Dollar", published by Viking/Penguin Publications. Daniel has been the subject of feature articles and his opinions have been cited in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Newsweek, Business Week, New York Magazine, The Wine Spectator, Market Watch, Art Culinaire and others. He has appeared as a guest on CBS this Morning, the NBC Today Show, the TV Food Network, and major network affiliates in Connecticut and Miami.
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