DWWA Judge Profile: Lukasz Kolodziejczyk

Lukasz Kolodziejczyk is a judge at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).

Lukasz Kolodziejczyk

Lukasz Jan Kolodziejczyk is the founder and Managing Director of LJK Wine, a London-based fine wine merchant specialising in Burgundy, alongside Bordeaux, Champagne, California and Tuscany.

A former sommelier at the three-Michelin-starred The Fat Duck, he has first-hand experience of ten Burgundy vintages, working harvests at leading domaines including Armand Rousseau, Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier and Thibault Liger-Belair.

Trilingual in English, French and Polish, he built LJK Wine around buying, selling, storing and collecting the world's finest wines, advising private collectors and leading restaurants on building cellars of real distinction, with a particular passion for the terroirs and growers of the Côte d'Or.

A committed student of every vintage, he shares his tastings and insight across LJK Wine's channels and a 2026 Reading & Review challenge.

Lukasz joined DWWA judging panels for the first time in 2014.

Follow Lukasz on Instagram and see her website here.

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