Douglas Wood
Douglas Wood
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Douglas Wood is a judge at the 2019 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).

Douglas Wood

He diverted from a successful career in the chemical engineering world to follow his love of wine. WoodWinters Wines & Whiskies opened in 2005, focusing on great wines at fair prices and encouraging customers involvement in tasting and learning about the wines.

Although WW has two retail branches, the majority of business is through wholesaling to restaurants and hotels covering all of the UK, its own agency arm importing and distributing wines and its own award winning range of single cask whiskies.

2016 is the first year Wood has been a DWWA judge.

Amanda Thompson
Amanda Thompson
Decanter.com & DWWA, Journalist

Amanda Thompson is a freelance journalist and copywriter who is based in Boston, United States. Aside from Decanter, she worked with music news website SOHH, Black Beauty & Hair and New Zealand magazine, The Spinoff. She wrote Decanter judge profiles for the Decanter World Wine Awards 2019, including Masters of Wine and Master Sommeliers.