André Ribeirinho is known in the wine business under many different titles: Ambassador, Entrepreneur, Evangelist, Knight, Traveler, Founder and Strategist. Specifically, André runs Adegga.com, a successful Wine Marketplace that brings selected winemakers and wine consumers together through a mix of consumer wine tastings, digital marketing and online sales. André runs a series of successful consumer-oriented wine tastings that gather over 1000 participants each. The Adegga WineMarkets have taken place in Lisbon, Porto, Algarve, Stockholm, Brussels Berlin and Rio de Janeiro. André’s company is responsible for such innovations in the wine industry as the AVIN (a wine identification code similar to the ISBN) and the SmartWineGlass, an award-winning technology that helps consumers track wines tasted at wine events. Through his innovative work in the wine industry Andre as received the TWA Personality of the Year 2012 (in Portugal) and the Wine Personality of the Year 2010 (Daily Newspaper) awards. André is a regular wine judge at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles. Finally, André is the co-founder of the #winelover community which has 21.000 members and a loyal following. André is a Knight of the Port Wine Brotherhood and a proud ambassador for Port wine.