Based in California, Michael Juergens is a Certified Sommelier with the Guild of Master Sommeliers, a Certified Specialist of Wine, and a Master of Wine Candidate with the Institute of Masters of Wine. Michael also owns the award-winning SoCal Rum company, which was recently awarded the highest point score in history for any Silver Rum. Michael Juergens is a professor at the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of CA, Irvine. He lives in SoCal, where he spends his time blind tasting and doing extreme sports.

