Santa Barbara County Chardonnay: Top wines to try
Where are the best spots in the County for Chardonnay?
Decanter
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DWWA judge profile: Lionel Periner
Lionel Periner is Head Sommelier at Adnams in Birmingham.
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DWWA judge profile: Stefan Neumann MS
Stefan Neumann MS is Head Sommelier at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, a two Michelin-star restaurant in the Mandarin Oriental hotel, Hyde Park.
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DWWA judge profile: Matthieu Longuère MS
Matthieu Longuère MS is Cordon Bleu’s Wine Development Manager at their school in London.
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DWWA judge profile: Daphne Teremetz
Daphne Teremetz is a wine buyer for UK grocer Waitrose, responsible for managing and sourcing the range from South America, Bordeaux, Alsace and Regional France.
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DWWA judge profile: Robert Mathias
Robert Mathias works as a Wine Buyer at Bibendum PLB, London.
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DWWA judge profile: Martin Tickle
Martin Tickle is the Fine Wine Buyer for Jeroboams Wine Merchants, with a particular focus on the wines of Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Champagne.
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DWWA judge profile: Jean Wareing MW
Jean Wareing MW is a buyer for Boutinot, sourcing wines from Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria and Greece.
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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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The Decanter Interview: Susana Balbo
Sorrel Moseley-Williams meets the Queen of Torrontés...
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DWWA judge profile: Marcel Orford-Williams
Marcel Orford-Williams is a buyer for The Wine Society, sourcing from Rhône, Southern and regional French wines and Germany.
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DWWA judge profile: David Round MW
David Round MW is Director of international music events business, Big Fish Little Fish Productions Ltd, and has launched Round About Wine, running wine events and writing about wine for consumers.
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DWWA judge profile: Julia Lambeth
Julia Lambert is Owner and tutor at South London Wine School.
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DWWA judge profile: Alan Bednarski
Alan Bednarski is Head Sommelier and Wine Buyer at the Michelin starred Texture Restaurant and Champagne Bar in London.
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DWWA judge profile: Tamas Czinki
Tamas Czinki is Head Sommelier at Northcote.
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DWWA judge profile: Dimitri Mesnard MS
Dimitri Mesnard MS is the International Brand Ambassador for Jackson Family Wines.
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DWWA judge profile: Julie Buckley
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.
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DWWA judge profile: Pierre Mansour
Pierre Mansour is Head Buyer at The Wine Society.
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DWWA judge profile: Christine Parkinson
Christine Parkinson is Group Head of Wine at Hakkasan.
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DWWA judge profile: Tim Hall
Tim Hall writes about Champagne, founded Scala School of Wine in London and imports high quality small estates Champagne to the UK.
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DWWA judge profile: Jan Konetzki
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DWWA judge profile: Igor Sotric
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.
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DWWA Judge profile: Ben Gubbins
Ben Gubbins is a Manager at Vagabond Wines.
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DWWA judge profile: Andres Ituarte
Andres Ituarte is Group Head Sommelier for Tamarind collection.
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DWWA judge profile: Mikolaj Skrzypczak
Mikolaj Skrzypczak is Head Sommelier of the Michelin starred Trishna Restaurant.
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DWWA judge profile: Elvis Ziakos
Elvis Ziakos is Head Sommelier at The Greenhouse restaurant in London and has won many awards as a Sommelier.
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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: 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: Nigel Wilkinson
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.
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Languedoc gems: 24 Minervois-La Livinière wines tasted
A proud Languedoc cru, La Livinière was the first of its kind to be officially recognised in 1999
