DWWA judge profile: Elsa Macdonald MW
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Elsa Macdonald MW is a judge at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).
Elsa Macdonald MW
Since a major career shift from management consulting, Elsa Macdonald MW has worked in the wine trade in sales, marketing and education roles.
Elsa is an accomplished Master of Wine, freelance wine educator, business consultant and international judge. Elsa is provincial past-president for the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers and is certified by the same body.
Elsa also works with several wine schools in Canada delivering WSET diploma and other master classes.
She first joined Decanter World Wine Awards as a judge in 2022.
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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.