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DWWA Judge, Sara Muirhead MW
(Image credit: Nic-Crilly-Hargrave)

Sara Muirhead MW is a judge at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).

Sara Muirhead MW

Sara Muirhead MW has worked in the wine trade for thirty years, during which time she has visited many of the world’s wine producing regions. She achieved her Master of Wine qualification in 2008, having written her dissertation on the (then nascent) subject of English Sparkling wines.

She started her career working on Wine magazine. Later, at Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours, she arranged and accompanied wine tours to some of the world’s best wine estates.

Sara then moved into wine PR and marketing at Liberty Wines, where she became the marketing manager and developed a great passion for Italian and Australian wines. She has worked as a freelance consultant since 2006.

Her current focuses include arranging and hosting wine tastings and wine events; as well as wine judging. Sara joins the Decanter World Wine Awards as a judge for the second time in 2025.

See more judges at the 2025 DWWA.

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.