Richard Maltby
DWWA judge, Richard Maltby
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Richard Maltby is a judge at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards.

Richard Maltby

This became a career when Richard joined Sainsbury’s in 2011 as technical manager for beers, wine and spirits, ensuring the quality, safety and legality of an own brand range which spans hundreds of production sites worldwide.

After quickly completing the WSET diploma, Richard then took on a winemaking role, and is currently responsible for blending Sainsbury’s own brand wines from France, South Africa, South America, North America, Germany, and Eastern Europe. He has also gained practical winemaking experience through time spent in Piedmont, Southern Spain and California during harvest.

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Shivani Tomar
Shivani Tomar
Awards Manager

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.