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By the Glass: An influential group came together in Honolulu in the 1970s

COURTESY CHUCK FURUYA
                                Most of the early American master sommeliers gathered in Monterey, Calif., in 1992. They included five with Hawaii ties: Chuck Furuya, left, next to Eddie Osterland; Nunzio Alioto, far right, Ronn Wiegand, second from right; and Richard Dean, in middle of the back row.

COURTESY CHUCK FURUYA

Most of the early American master sommeliers gathered in Monterey, Calif., in 1992. They included five with Hawaii ties: Chuck Furuya, left, next to Eddie Osterland; Nunzio Alioto, far right, Ronn Wiegand, second from right; and Richard Dean, in middle of the back row.