DWWA judge profile: Rebecca Gergely
Rebecca Gergely is in charge of French and Fine Wine Buying at Enotria & Coe.
The DWWA Judges
Read the profiles of the world’s best wine tasters, and find out which judges sit on which panels.
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DWWA judge profile: Silvia Garatti
Silvia Garatti is a Wine Buyer for FortyFive10, a specialised Italian wine company in London.
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DWWA judge profile: Allan Cheesman
Allan Cheesman spent over 30 years as Trading Director at Sainsbury’s. Now semi-retired, he is a non-Executive Director of Vindipendents buying group and member of the WSET Awards Supervisory Board.
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DWWA judge profile: Karl Arbin
Karl Arbin is a wine consultant and runs Panache Sweden, a wine merchant focused on delivering honest wines through Systembolaget to end consumers.
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DWWA judge profile: Jane Boyce MW
Jane Boyce MW is the Fine Wine Manager at James Nicholson Wine Merchant.
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DWWA judge profile: Mike Ritchie MW
Mike Ritchie MW works in sales role at Freixenet-Copestick, the UK division of German sekt producer Henkell.
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DWWA judge profile: Vincenzo Arnese
Vincenzo Arnese is an Head Sommelier & Wine Buyer at the two Michelin star ‘Dinner by Heston Blumenthal’, inside the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park.
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DWWA judge profile: Caroline Hermann MW
Caroline Hermann MW is a highly respected wine lecturer, having taught wine industry professionals since 2010 at the Capital Wine School in Washington DC.
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DWWA judge profile: Tom Forrest
Tom Forrest was Executive Manager for Wine Experience and Education at Vinopolis. Since then, he has worked with London restaurants, training companies, the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu Cookery School and the BBC Good Food Shows.
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DWWA judge profile: Simon Field MW
Simon Field MW worked for Berry Brothers & Rudd for over 20 years. In 2015, he was admitted into the Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino.
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DWWA judge profile: Audrey Doré
Audrey Doré is a French sommelier who works at El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Spain.
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DWWA judge profile: Sue Daniels
Sue Daniels is Marks & Spencer's winemaker for Champagne/sparkling, fortified, Spain, Portugal, England, Burgundy and South Africa.
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DWWA judge profile: Ezio De Bernardi
Ezio De Bernardi is the Sales Manager at Valsangiacomo Vini Mendrisio in Switzerland and a member of the board of the Swiss Sommelier Association (ASSP), responsible for Sommeliers competitions.
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DWWA judge profile: Higgo Jacobs
Higgo Jacobs is a wine consultant and a founding member and past Chairman for the South African Sommelier Association (SASA).
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DWWA judge profile: Jamie Hutchinson
Jamie Hutchinson is the chairman and co-founder of independent wine merchant The Sampler and co-founder of Domaine d'Audaux, a replanting project in south west France.
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DWWA judge profile: Gareth Ferreira
Gareth Ferreira is Head Sommelier at Core by Clare Smyth.
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DWWA judge profile: Peter Csizmadia-Honigh
Peter Csizmadia-Honigh is a wine writer based in Somerset, the UK and with a base in Hungary’s Somló wine region too.
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DWWA judge profile: Gemma Crangle
Gemma Crangle is owner anmd and founder of Terroir Languedoc, an importer specialising in the finest terroir-driven wines from Languedoc-Roussillon.
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DWWA judge profile: Tamas Czinki
Tamas Czinki is Head Sommelier at Northcote.
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DWWA judge profile: Brian Cronin MS
Brian Cronin MS has worked as sommelier in some of the top restaurants in America and is now National Education Manager for Palm Bay International.
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DWWA judge profile: Alistair Cooper MW
Alistair Cooper MW consults, judges, hosts events and educates in both the UK and Chile, as well as writing for various wine publications.
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DWWA judge profile: Daniele Cernilli
Daniele Cernilli is a founder of the annual Italian Wine Guide as well as a host of many other titles.
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DWWA judge profile: Pilar Cavero
Pilar Cavero is a Spanish sommelier and in 2013 was named Best Sommelier of Spain.
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DWWA judge profile: Martin Campion
Martin Campion is Senior Product Manager for Laithwaite’s Wine.
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DWWA judge profile: Laurent Chaniac
Laurent Chaniac is a wine consultant who has become popular offering the ultimate wine and spicy food experience.
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DWWA judge profile: Nick Bielak
Nick Bielak works at Vinexus, consulting with producers and enologists.
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DWWA judge profile: Sebastian Braun
Sebastian Braun is Wine Director at the importer Oenoforos and founder of his own import company, Vintedge .
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DWWA Judge profile: John Baum
John Baum is the owner-director of The Winemakers Club, an independent importer of artisan, small scale wineries from around Europe and Australia.
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DWWA Judge profile: Gerard Barnes
Gerard Barnes is a wine buyer at Berkmann Wine Cellars, sourcing private and exclusive wines.
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DWWA judge profile: Anthony Barne MW
Anthony Barne MW joined the wine trade from the army in 1978. His career was in mail order, wine buying and auctioneering.
