DWWA judge profile: Alessandro Marchesan
Alessandro Marchesan is the co-owner of Mas la Mola in Priorat and a wine marketing consultant.
Alessandro Marchesan is the co-owner of Mas la Mola in Priorat and a wine marketing consultant.
Ana Sapungiu MW is the Head of Wine Business Development for Amathus Drinks.
Richard Maltby is responsible for blending Sainsbury’s own brand wines from France, South Africa, South America, North America, Germany, and Eastern Europe.
Matt Smith is the buying director at Naked Wines.
Tanguy Martin is Wine Manager at New Street Wine Shop, London.
Rebecca Gergely Ohayon is in charge of French and fine wine buying at Enotria&Coe.
Jason Haynes is buying Director of Burgundy. In this exceptional year Jason Haynes will be standing in for the Regional Chair for the 2020 competition
Totte Steneby is a judge at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA)
Jane MacQuitty is a wine writer, author, judge and commentator.
David Jean is a Buyer for Denner in Switzerland, focusing on their Swiss and New World portfolio.
Bruno Murciano is on H2Vin’s management team, aiding sales and client relations whilst further developing H2Vin’s Spanish Agencies.
Claire Nam is a wine writer in Korea and UK as well as being an Italian Wine Ambassador certified by Vinitaly International Academy. She has set up a micro-négociant GARAM in Bordeaux, producing a micro-cuvée Graves Blanc ‘Les Trois Mains’.
Yiannis Karakasis MW is founder of karakasis.mw blog and a contributor to books, international magazines and sites. He consults for several businesses, including online wine retailers, export companies and hotels.
Having spent over 10 years working in the multiple grocer sector, Lindsay Talas now works for Watermill Wines, combining buying and selling to key accounts.
Ruth Spivey has set up the speed tasting night FLIGHT CLUB, opened her own street food wine bar, STREET VIN and created an ongoing series of consumer tastings – WINE CAR BOOT.
As owner and CEO of Savage Selection, Mark Savage MW is agent for about 50 small family wine estates in twelve countries.
Lynne Sherriff MW works as an educator and independent wine consultant.
Sebastian Payne MW is an integral part of The Wine Society’s buying team and currently sources its Italian and Eastern European wines, as well as writing for the Society List and website.
Michele Longo writes for the magazine Barolo & Co and is the curator of WineCult.it, a wine and food website.
Linda Jotham MW is a member of the tasting panel for the Wotwine consumer-facing app, judges in international wine competitions and participates in the education programme of the Institute of Masters of Wine.
Ezio De Bernardi is the Sales Manager at Valsangiacomo Vini Mendrisio in Switzerland and a member of the board of the Swiss Sommelier Association (ASSP), responsible for Sommeliers competitions.