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 & Sustainability Editor

Natalie is Decanter's France editor, commissioning and writing content on French wines (excluding Bordeaux) across print and digital. She writes Decanter's coverage of Languedoc wines, as well as a monthly magazine column, The Ethical Drinker, which unpicks the thorny topic of sustainability in wine. She joined Decanter in 2016.

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