DWWA judge profile: Orsi Szentkiralyi (Dr.)
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Dr Orsi Szentkiralyi is a judge at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA)
Dr Orsi Szentkiralyi
Dr Orsi Szentkiralyi is a Hungarian-born wine professional, judge, and author.
She runs her wine consultancy Liquid Talent. Her wine career began in hospitality where she worked as a sommelier in top restaurants worldwide. Later, she transitioned to luxury wine retail, eventually starting her own consulting company.
She is an experienced wine judge and the managing editor of the Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia.
Her doctorate is in law, specializing in the protected origin of wine.
Dr Szentkiralyi joined the Decanter World Wine Awards as a judge for the first time in 2021.
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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.