Yohan Castaing

Yohan Castaing is a Decanter contributor and a judge at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA). Bordeaux native, Yohan Castaing, is a freelance journalist, based in France. He founded Anthocyanes, a French wine guide, and Velvety Tannins, a guide of Rhône Valley wines. He also writes for other wine publications including Gault&Millau and Jancis Robinson. Castaing has held a variety of positions in the wine industry such as wine buyer and marketing director. He was a marketing wine consultant and author of several books about wine marketing and wine tourism before, in 2011, he became a full-time freelance wine journalist focusing on the industry and wine reviews.