DWWA Regional Chair for Spain: Ferran Centelles
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Ferran Centelles is the joint Regional Chair for Spain with Almudena Alberca MW & Pierre Mansour at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2026.
Ferran Centelles
Ferran Centelles, a Wine Director at elBullifoundation, has been with the wine team at elBulli project since 1999. He was named Ruinart’s Best Sommelier in Spain in 2006 and was awarded the National Gastronomy Award in 2011. In 2019 he obtained the Best Alumni Award from the WSET. He holds the WSET Diploma and the Advanced Level of the Court of Master Sommeliers.
Ferran Centelles is also the Spanish wine specialist for jancisrobinson.com.
He published his first book about food and wine pairing ¿Qué vino con este pato? in 2016, then his second in 2020 Las 100,75 preguntas que siempre quiso hacer sobre el vino, and third book in 2021 La Botella 18.
Follow Ferran on Instagram @Ferrancentelleswine
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