Helmuth Köcher

President & Founder Merano Wine Festival

Born in 1959 and a graduate in political science, for 20 years manager of the Municipality of Merano and since 2001 director of Gourmet’s International of Merano, founder in 1992 of the MeranoWineFestival and creator of The WineHunter brand, organiser of food and wine events around the world from the USA to China, coordinator and president of 8 committees for the evaluation of wine and one for evaluating typical good, spirits and beer products with the assignment of the red-gold-platinum WineHunter Award, since 2012 Director and President of the WineHunterAcademy and of the innovation Think Tank, national and international partner of various organisations.