Nikos Panidis, who was born and raised in Germany, discovered his passion for wine 25 years ago. Having decided to work exclusively in restaurant industry, he began his career as a sommelier and later continued as F&B manager in distinguished restaurants and hotels in Greece.

After several years he accepted the position of tutor at WSPC, shortly after taking on the role of Syllabus Coordinator and Developing Assistant Manager at the same organization. He has been Konstantinos Lazarakis’s MW assistance for many years while he has also been an external collaborator for Enterprise Greece, as a Chief Sommelier in international wine shows as well as other promotional events. He enjoys working at wineries in the summer during harvesting.

In his free time he enjoys drawing, reading literature and studying viticulture and wine making. He is currently working on the development of an educational project for WSPC and is a manager at Heteroclito bar a vin in Athens.