DWWA judge profile: Jane Boyce MW
Jane Boyce MW is the Fine Wine Manager at James Nicholson Wine Merchant.
Amanda Thompson is a freelance journalist and copywriter who is based in Boston, United States. Aside from Decanter, she worked with music news website SOHH, Black Beauty & Hair and New Zealand magazine, The Spinoff. She wrote Decanter judge profiles for the Decanter World Wine Awards 2019, including Masters of Wine and Master Sommeliers.
Jane Boyce MW is the Fine Wine Manager at James Nicholson Wine Merchant.
Yves Desmaris MS is Wine Buyer, Head Sommelier and Restaurant Manager at Pied A Terre, Michelin Star restaurant in Charlotte Street, London.
Rémi Cousin is Head Sommelier at Michel Roux Jr’s Michelin-starred Le Gavroche.
Piotr Pietras MS is a managing director of Terroirysci, a wine import project, and co-owner of Kontakt Wino & Bistro, a neighbourhood restaurant and wine shop in Warsaw.
Jason Millar is a Director at independent retailer and importer Theatre of Wine, responsible for buying, staff training, tastings and private clients.
Ben Gubbins teaches WSET courses at Vagabond Wines Urban Winery in Battersea Power Station.
Aldo Graziani is the Sommelier, Owner & Manager of Aldo’s Vinoteca Restoran, the Casa Cruz Restaurante Bar and the Bebop Jazz Club as well as being a wine writer.
Vincent Gasnier MS is Managing Director of his own wine consultancy company, VincentGasnier.co.uk, through which he is a wine buyer and sommelier for many hotels and restaurants, and also manages cellars for private clients, hosts events and appears on TV shows.
Gareth Ferreira MS is Head Sommelier at Core by Clare Smyth. In 2021 he became the first ever South African Master Sommelier.
Allan Cheesman spent over 30 years as Trading Director at Sainsbury’s. Now semi-retired, he is a non-Executive Director of Vindipendents buying group and member of the WSET Awards Supervisory Board.
Beverley Blanning MW is a writer, judge, educator, presenter and tour guide.
Douglas Wood is owner of Scottish independent merchant, WoodWinters. They have has two retail branches but the majority of business is through wholesaling to restaurants and hotels covering all of the UK, its own agency arm importing and distributing wines and its own award winning range of single cask whiskies.
Ruth Spivey has set up the speed tasting night FLIGHT CLUB, opened her own street food wine bar, STREET VIN and created an ongoing series of consumer tastings – WINE CAR BOOT.
Michele Longo writes for the magazine Barolo & Co and is the curator of WineCult.it, a wine and food website.
John Baum is the owner-director of The Winemakers Club, an independent importer of artisan, small scale wineries from around Europe and Australia.
Lukasz Kolodziejczyk is Head of Fine Wines at Cult Wines.
Mathias Camilleri is a judge at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).
Rut Cotroneo is a wine consultant for the two Michelin-starred Mauro Colagreco and his Menton-based Mirazur restaurant on a worldwide project.