DWWA judge profile: Shane Jones
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Shane Jones is a judge at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).
Shane Jones
As a wine and sake educator, Shane can be found teaching accredited programmes in the UK, France and Germany.
He teaches all levels of wine offered by the WSET up to Diploma level specialising in sparkling wines, fortified wines and Germany. He holds the DipWSET in Wines and Spirits and is also a WSET certified wine educator.
With an interest in sake coming later in his career, Shane is a certified sake sommelier and sake educator (SSA). He is also a graduate of the Japanese Sake and Shochu Academy and holds the WSET L3 in Sake with Distinction.
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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.