DWWA judge profile: Ben Robson

Ben Robson is a judge at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).

Ben Robson

Ben Robson is the buying director for boutique importer of Italian wines, Bat and Bottle, which he co-founded with his wife, Emma, in 1994. He is the inaugural winner of the London Wine Fair’s ‘Online Specialist Wine Buyer’ award and Bat and Bottle has been both winner (2021 and 2023) and runner up (2022) for Italian Specialist in the Decanter Retailer Awards.

Ben is an experienced senior judge for the Decanter World Wine Awards, he was first a judge in 2013 and has stood in as chair for Tuscany.

In the wintertime, he works from Piemonte.

Find out more about Ben’s consultancy company on his website and follow Ben on Instagram and X.

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