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DWWA Judge, Beans Boughton MW
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Beans Boughton MW is a judge at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA)

Beans Boughton MW

Based in Oxford, Beans is a new addition to the well-established team at Alliance Wines. He has broad experience in buying from all key wine-producing regions and consulting on routes to market and range optimization.

In his most recent role as fine wine category manager for MMI, the largest fine wine distributor in the Middle East, he was responsible for daily assessment of the world’s most sought-after and tightly allocated wines. He also coached sommeliers and sales teams and advised private clients on investment strategy.

Beans became a master of wine in 2020. His research paper, which examined the impact of winery principals’ market visits on brand performance in Dubai, earned him this prestigious qualification.

Beans joined for the first time as a judge for the Decanter World Wine Awards in 2023.

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Shivani Tomar
Shivani Tomar
Awards Manager

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.