For three days, our judges swirled, sniffed and spit their way through more than 3,500 wines from around the globe. Today they wrapped up by choosing the best of the best in each category. Results will be available next month, so stay tuned. In the meantime, enjoy this compilation of expert spitters:

Greetings! I am the Wine Novice (so don’t expect to hear a lot of wine tips from me) and I am standing in for the regular wine bloggers this week because they are busy with our annual Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Competition.

We had nearly 100 international judges tasting nearly 4,000 wines from all over the world. If you want a great insider prospective on the judging, check out this blog (http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/dining/) written by one of our very own judges, Mike Dunne.

The competition ended today, with the judges selecting the top wines of the competition! But I can’t tell you who the winners are–yet. You will have to wait until Saturday, June 14 when the winners will be unveiled at a gala fundraising event, Wine & Cars Under the Stars. 

Let me tell you, for a wine novice like me, I can’t wait to download the results (www.lawinecomp.com) after June 14 and use them to impress my friends.