Tim Marson MW
DWWA judge, Tim Marson MW
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Tim Marson MW is a judge at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).

Tim Marson MW

After four years in various roles with Oddbins leading to fine wine branch manager, he then moved into the independent specialist retail sector, working for some of the leading small wine merchants in London, initially as a store manager and later as a buyer. Following a brief stint in trade sales, Tim became a buyer at London-based importer and distributor Bibendum Wine Ltd. He is currently the director of category management at Wine.com.

In 2009 he became a Master of Wine – one of (currently) only 516 in the world. Tim relocated from his native England to Napa, California in 2011, and since 2016 he has worked at Wine.com, the USA’s leading national online wine retailer, where he is a director of category management, responsible for an unparalleled assortment of over 7,000 wines from France and Italy.

Based in San Francisco, Tim is in regular demand as a wine judge and has participated at many local and international wine competitions.

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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.