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DWWA judge profile: Davide Buongiorno
Davide Buongiorno is an experienced sommelier and runs his own wine consultancy firm.
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DWWA judge profile: Sylvia Wu
Sylvia Wu is the Decanter's Regional Editor for Asia and Northern & Eastern Europe as well as the editor of DecanterChina.com.
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DWWA judge profile: Julie Sheppard
Julie Sheppard is Decanter's Regional Editor for Australia, New Zealand & South Africa, as well as Spirits Editor.
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DWWA judge profile: Arabella Woodrow MW
Arabella Woodrow MW is now retired but continues to do wine consultancy, mentoring work and judging in wine competitions.
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DWWA judge profile: Amy Wislocki
Amy Wislocki has worked as Decanter’s Magazine Editor since joining the title over 20 years ago.
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DWWA judge profile: Aldo Fiordelli
Aldo Fiordelli is an Italian wine critic, journalist and wine writer. In 2017 he was named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne.
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DWWA Judge profile: Sinisa Lasan
Siniša Lasan has worked as a sommelier in many prominent restaurants in Croatia.
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DWWA judge profile: Angelo Sabbadin
Angelo Sabbadin buys for Ferro Distribuzione in Castelfranco Veneto and reviews for Comparini's Best Italian Wines guidebook.
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DWWA Judge profile: Piotr Pietras MS
Piotr Pietras MS is a managing director of Polish wine importer Terroirysci and the co-owner of Kontakt Wino & Bistro in Warsaw.
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DWWA judge profile: Nick Oakley
Nick Oakley is the Director of Oakley Wine Agencies, one of the UK’s leading Portuguese specialists.
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DWWA judge profile: Mario Meštrović
Mario Meštrović is a Croatian sommelier and a member of the executive board of the Croatian Sommelier Club in Zagreb.
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DWWA judge profile: Iain Riggs AM
Part owner, Chief Winemaker and Managing Director of Brokenwood Wines, Iain Riggs is a Member of the Order of Australia for his contributions to the Australian wine industry.
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DWWA judge profile: Gerd Stepp
Previously a winemaker for Marks & Spencer, Gerd Stepp now makes wine at his family vineyards, Stepp, in Pfalz.
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DWWA judge profile: Emilio Del Fante
Emilio Del Fante has a wealth of experience in the hospitality industry and now works with wine producers in the Lugano region.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Piedmont: Stephen Brook
Wine writer and Decanter contributor Stephen Brook is the Regional Chair for Piedmont at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2023.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Germany and Austria: Markus del Monego MW
Markus Del Monego MW, Best Sommelier of the World 1998, is wine advisor to Lufthansa airlines and runs consultancy company tasteTainment GmbH.
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DWWA judge profile: Ulf Sjödin MW
Ulf Sjödin MW is the head of category management at the Swedish retail monopoly Systembolaget.
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DWWA judge profile: Stefan Metzner
Stefan Metzner is the co-owner and educator of Das Weininstitut in Munich.
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DWWA judge profile: Richard Hemming MW
Richard Hemming MW is a wine writer, educator and consultant.
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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: Jan Konetzki
Jan Konetzki is an independent sommelier offering consultancy services for trade and private clients.
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DWWA judge profile: Melissa Worrall
Melissa Worral is Brand Manager for Italy, Eastern Europe and UK at Hallgarten & Novum Wines.
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DWWA judge profile: Michael Harrison
Michael Harrison has held many different roles in the wine trade including Sommelier, Wine Buyer, Fine Wine Manager and Consultant.
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DWWA judge profile: Philip Tuck MW
Philip Tuck MW is Wine Director at Hatch Mansfield.
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DWWA judge profile: Aleesha Hansel
Aleesha Hansel is a wine communicator and freelance writer. She is the wine columnist for Red Magazine.
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DWWA judge profile: Nelson Guerreiro
Nelson Guerreiro is Sommelier and Brand Ambassador, for the Italian brands: Antinori, San Guido, Zenato, Tommasi, at Garrafeira Nacional in Portugal.
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DWWA Judge profile: Vincent Gasnier MS
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DWWA judge profile: Thomas Curtius MW
Thomas Curtius MW works as a wine PR professional, consultant, judge, writer teacher and lecturer.
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DWWA judge profile: Ying Hsien Tan MW
Wine speaker, educator and writer, Ying Hsien Tan MW qualified as the first Singaporean Master of Wine in 2015.
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DWWA judge profile: Yolanda Ortiz de Arri
Yolanda Ortiz de Arri is a freelance wine journalist and translator based in the Basque Country.
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DWWA judge profile: Joanna Lory
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DWWA judge profile: Malu Lambert
Malu Lambert is an award-winning wine writer. She won the title of the Emerging Wine Writer of the Year at the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards 2019.
