Read the profiles of the world’s best wine tasters, and find out which judges sit on which panels.
Julie Buckley has extensive experience of PR and buying roles in both the specialist and grocery retail sector. Her recent roles have focused on developing own & tertiary brand propositions where she has worked directly with winemakers and producers across the globe.
Pierre Mansour is Head Buyer at The Wine Society.
Christine Parkinson is Group Head of Wine at Hakkasan.
Tim Hall writes about Champagne, founded Scala School of Wine in London and imports high quality small estates Champagne to the UK.
Igor Sotric is Head Sommelier and Wine Buyer at China Tang at the Dorchester. He also acts as consultant to several restaurants, and since 2009 he has been making his own Chardonnay in Goriska Brda, Slovenia, with his friend Marijan Simcic.
Mikolaj Skrzypczak is Head Sommelier of the Michelin starred Trishna Restaurant.
Elvis Ziakos is Head Sommelier at The Greenhouse restaurant in London and has won many awards as a Sommelier.
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.
Mike Ritchie MW works in sales role at Freixenet-Copestick, the UK division of German sekt producer Henkell.
Nigel Wilkinson has run London’s RSJ restaurant for over 30 years, where the wine list boasts more than 300 wines from the Loire region.
Frederic Marti is GM of Fred’s Wine Bar and Wine Director at The Typing Room located in East London's Town Hall Hotel.
Neil Sommerfelt MW is proprietor of NS Wine Consultancy, a business he set up in 2014. He works with a number of different companies including H2Vin Ltd and Philglas & Swiggot, with particular responsibility for their Burgundy En Primeur campaigns.
Alexandre Freguin is Head Sommelier at Moor Hall in Lancashire. He won the Taittinger Sommelier of the Year 2018.
Gerard Barnes is a wine buyer at Berkmann Wine Cellars, sourcing private and exclusive wines.
Jamie Avenell is a Wine Buyer at Bibendum PLB, responsible for buying from Spain, Portugal, Champagne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence, New Zealand, and England.
Christine Marsiglio MW is a Programme Manager at the WSET School London.
Vincenzo Arnese is an Head Sommelier & Wine Buyer at the two Michelin star Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, inside the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park.
Diana Rollan is Group Head of Beverage for restaurant and hotel group D&D London.
Eric Zwiebel MS is cellar master at Summer Lodge Country House Hotel in Dorset.
Lenka Sedlackova MW manages agencies for UK's oldest wine merchant, Berry Bros & Rudd.
Kathrine Larsen MS is Premium Wine Ambassador at Enotria & Coe.
Martin Campion is Senior Product Manager for Laithwaite’s Wine.
Jane Parkinson is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and author.
Chris Kissack is the author of TheWinedoctor.com, a subscription website which he has been publishing since 2000, and is a regular reporter from the annual Bordeaux en primeur tastings.
Leonid Fadeev works at Cote Rocheuse as Executive Director, steadfastly developing the company whilst continuing his wine education, working towards the Master of Wine qualification.
Mario Meštrović is an experienced Croatian sommelier and an executive board member and lecturer for the Croatian Sommelier Club in Zagreb.
Becca Wilkins is Director of Hattie’s Wines, as well as Account and Product Development Manager at BrandPhoenix.
Paulo Brammer runs a wine and spirits academy, Eno Cultura, in his native Brazil.
