Treve Ring is a judge at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA)
Treve Ring
Treve Ring is a wine writer and editor, judge and speaker, and perpetual traveller. She is based on Vancouver Island, Canada, though is most often found on a plane or in a vineyard.
Afte completing her Art History degree with Distinction from the University of Victoria, Treve set foot in the world of wine business at Christie’s in London, England. She switched gears, leaving the realm of art for the world of wine.
Treve is a certified sommelier, Champagne Master, WSET diploma holder, Wine Scholar Guild instructor, and Sherry instructor. She has been presenting on wine internationally since co-founding Cru Consultancy, a boutique wine education and consultation company, in 2012.
Treve began writing professionally in 2001. Her work has been published in World of Fine Wine, Meininger’s Wine Business International, Wine & Spirits, Sommelier Magazine, Wine Enthusiast, WineAlign, The Alchemist, Quench Magazine, Vitis, Lonely Planet Travel, and others.
In addition to her role as Correspondent Anorak at WineAnorak, she is the executive editor and senior critic at Gismondi on Wine. Previously, she was the longtime wine editor for EAT Magazine, editor at large for Scout Magazine, and SIP Northwest Magazine, as well as the National Managing Editor for WineAlign.
She tastes thousands of wines each year and is an established wine judge in Canada, the UK, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United States. Though her travels take her all over the wine world, Treve has spent the last years concentrating and researching sparkling wine globally, with a focus on Champagne.
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