DWWA judge profile: Rhys Pender MW
Rhys Pender MW runs the consultancy Wine Plus+ and makes wine at Little Farm Winery in Canada.
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Rhys Pender MW runs the consultancy Wine Plus+ and makes wine at Little Farm Winery in Canada.
Raimonds Tomsons is Manager and Head Sommelier at Vincents restaurant in Riga, Latvia.
Regine Lee MW is Head of Operations at Liberty Wines. She is a co-founder of Women in Wine London, a trade-networking group which organises events and provide a forum to discuss industry developments.
Piotr Pietras MS is a managing director of Polish wine importer Terroirysci and the co-owner of Kontakt Wino & Bistro in Warsaw.
Paulo Brammer runs a wine and spirits academy, Eno Cultura, in his native Brazil.
Dr Orsolya Szentkiralyi is a Hungarian-born wine professional, judge, and author.
Peter Mitchell MW is the Wine Director at Jeroboams Group.
Nick Oakley is the Director of Oakley Wine Agencies, one of the UK’s leading Portuguese specialists.
Pilar Cavero is a Spanish sommelier and in 2013 was named Best Sommelier of Spain.
Nicolas Clerc MS works as a buyer for Armit Wines. He is President of the sommelier arm of the Academy of Food and Wine Service UK.
Nigel Wilkinson MS is a Brand Ambassador & Senior Wine Educator for Boutinot.
Nick Dumergue divides his time between creating private label ranges for clients in Europe and the US, consulting to restaurants in Southern California and hosting wine boot camps in France, Italy and Australia several times a year.
Michele Fazari is Head Sommelier at Four Seasons Ten Trinity Square Private Club.
Nelson Pari is the Italian Wine Buyer at SWIG and the co-founder of the Italian wine magazine Verticale.
Mario Meštrović is a Croatian sommelier and a member of the executive board of the Croatian Sommelier Club in Zagreb.
Maria Jose Huertas Vega is Sommelier at the 2 Michelin star Paco Roncero, Madrid.
Matthew Horsley is a buyer at The Wine Society responsible for sourcing wines from England, Greece and Hungary.
Matthew Forster MW is an independent wine consultant and education specialist. He is particularly interested in the food and wine culture of Spain, Portugal and South America.
Nicholas Blampied-Lane is Head Winemaker for the English contract winemaking facility Defined Wine, situated just outside of Canterbury.
Neil Sommerfelt MW runs NS Wine Consultancy, a business he set up in 2014.
Matthew Stubbs MW is a judge at the Decanter World Wine Awards and owns a wine school in the Languedoc.
Matthew Wilkin MS co-owns London-based wine company H2Vin specialising in the Loire, Burgundy, Rhône, Spain & South Africa.
Matt Smith is the buying director at Naked Wines.
Marco Iaccarino is Head of Wine at the Berkeley hotel.
Laure Patry is the Executive Head Sommelier at Pollen Street Social in Mayfair.
Maria Valeria Gamper is a sommelier at the two Michelin-Starred restaurant El Molino de Urdániz
Lydia Harrison MW is Head of Education and Events at WSET School London
Matt Pym is the owner of Pym My Wine Ltd, a strategic consultancy and sales representation firm that helps wineries from around the world to develop and increase their sales in the UK and Irish markets.
Keith Isaac MW is a veteran of Castelnau Wine Agencies, having been with the company since 1987, being appointed General Manager in 1996.
Larry Stone MS is the CEO and Founder of Lingua Franca, an estate winery in Willamette Valley.