Bérenger Piras
Bérenger Piras, DWWA Judge
(Image credit: Bérenger Piras, DWWA Judge)

Bérenger Piras is a judge at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards.

Bérenger Piras

Bérenger Piras is the Head Buyer of the leading French online wine retailer VINATIS. Having been born and raised in northern Rhone, he was inspired to work in the wine world by his father’s extensive Burgundy and Rhone collection.

He started his career in the UK wine industry in 2003 having graduated from the Université du Vin in Suze-la-Rousse the same year.

Bérenger has over 15 years of wine buying under his belt having started in the Fine Wine category before taking the reins of the French portfolio at Genesis Wine and then Enotria&Coe.

After 15 years in the UK, Bérenger returned to his homeland in 2018 to settle in the Annecy region where VINATIS is based.

Natalie Earl
Natalie Earl
Regional Editor for France (excluding Bordeaux & Burgundy)
It was during her time studying for a French and Italian degree that Natalie began her foray into wine: tutoring French in exchange for WSET lessons in her spare time (she now realises who got the better deal!). She moved to the Languedoc after graduating to work for a vineyard tour company, before returning to the UK in 2016 to join the tastings team at Decanter.