Rick Fisher
DWWA judge, Rick Fisher
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Rick Fisher is a judge at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).

Rick Fisher

Rick Fisher is a passionate expert in Spanish wine, food, and culture. He lives and breathes Spain.

He left his successful career in finance in 2018 to create the study programme for Wine Scholar Guild’s Spanish Wine Scholar. This programme has enrolled over 1,200 students and is now taught in more than 90 schools in 30 countries around the world. Rick currently serves as the Spanish programmes director for the Wine Scholar Guild, where he also teaches the Spanish Wine Scholar Programme.

In addition to holding the WSET Diploma in Wines, Rick is a certified educator for the Spanish wine regions of Sherry, Rioja, and Cava. He is also a wine judge, educator, and writer.

Rick joined the DWWA for the first time in 2023.

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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.