Jane MacQuitty
Jane MacQuitty, DWWA Judge
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Jane MacQuitty is a judge at the 2019 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).

Jane MacQuitty

Jane MacQuitty is a wine writer, author, judge and commentator. She started her career as wine and food correspondent for House & Garden magazine, followed by two years at the Consumers’ Association editing the Which? Wine Guide. Since the 1980s, she has been the wine and drink correspondent for The Times newspaper.

MacQuitty is renowned for her independent, outspoken stance on the wine world commenting – as one of the country’s top merchants noted, ‘without fear, or favour’.

MacQuitty was first a DWWA judge in 2009.

Natalie Earl
Natalie Earl
Regional Editor for France (excluding Bordeaux & Burgundy)
It was during her time studying for a French and Italian degree that Natalie began her foray into wine: tutoring French in exchange for WSET lessons in her spare time (she now realises who got the better deal!). She moved to the Languedoc after graduating to work for a vineyard tour company, before returning to the UK in 2016 to join the tastings team at Decanter.