DWWA judge profile: Amaya Cervera
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Amaya Cervera is a judge at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards.
Amaya Cervera
Amaya Cervera is a freelance wine writer and journalist based in Madrid. She is the founder and editor of the bilingual (English-Spanish) website, Spanish Wine Lover, and writes mainly about Spanish wine.
She is also a contributor for other international and Spanish publications.
Amaya first joined the Decanter World Wine Awards as a judge in 2022.
Follow Amaya on Instagram and check out more of her work on her website.
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Born and raised in India, Shivani is the awards manager at Decanter, managing the 300-strong cohort of worldwide judges for the world's largest wine competition, the Decanter World Wine Awards, ensuring a seamless judging process and driving the competitive integrity of the awards. After earning a master’s in wine management from the Burgundy School of Business, she moved to London in 2016 and completed her WSET diploma. While Burgundy holds a special place in her heart, Champagne is her go-to bottle. Alongside her full-time role, she has been dipping her toes into wine writing, relishing the opportunity to bring wine stories to the surface.