Alex Cumming
Alex Cumming
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Alex Cumming, a Certified Sommelier and CEO of e-commerce business FirstCellars.com, is a judge at the 2019 Decanter Asia Wine Awards

Alex Cumming

Alex Cumming has been working in the wine industry for 20 years, across 3 different continents. He is a Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers, and has held the position of sommelier at leading restaurants in New Zealand, Australia, England, and China; including the iconic Sugar Club in London, Logan Brown in Wellington, as well as Head Sommelier at Hayman Island, which is widely regarded as one of Australia’s finest hotels.

Cumming also has hands-on experience with making wine at Martinborough Vineyard and Allan Scott in New Zealand. Alex is now the CEO and Head Sommelier of FirstCellars.com, one of China’s leading wine e-commerce businesses, based in Shanghai.

Natalie Earl
Natalie Earl
Regional Editor for France (excluding Bordeaux & Burgundy)
It was during her time studying for a French and Italian degree that Natalie began her foray into wine: tutoring French in exchange for WSET lessons in her spare time (she now realises who got the better deal!). She moved to the Languedoc after graduating to work for a vineyard tour company, before returning to the UK in 2016 to join the tastings team at Decanter.