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.
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.
Silvia Garatti is a Wine Buyer for FortyFive10, a specialised Italian wine company in London.
Julia Lambert is Owner and tutor at South London Wine School.
Pierre Mansour is Head Buyer at The Wine Society.
Mikolaj Skrzypczak is Head Sommelier of the Michelin starred Trishna Restaurant.
Elvis Ziakos is Head Sommelier at The Greenhouse restaurant in London and has won many awards as a Sommelier.
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.
Frederic Marti is GM of Fred’s Wine Bar and Wine Director at The Typing Room located in East London's Town Hall Hotel.
Simon Field MW worked for Berry Brothers & Rudd for over 20 years. In 2015, he was admitted into the Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino.
Neil Sommerfelt MW is proprietor of NS Wine Consultancy, a business he set up in 2014. He works with a number of different companies including H2Vin Ltd and Philglas & Swiggot, with particular responsibility for their Burgundy En Primeur campaigns.
Gerard Barnes is a wine buyer at Berkmann Wine Cellars, sourcing private and exclusive wines.
Alistair Cooper MW consults, judges, hosts events and educates in both the UK and Chile, as well as writing for various wine publications.
Vincenzo Arnese is an Head Sommelier & Wine Buyer at the two Michelin star Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, inside the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park.
Diana Rollan is Group Head of Beverage for restaurant and hotel group D&D London.
Lenka Sedlackova MW manages agencies for UK's oldest wine merchant, Berry Bros & Rudd.
Emilio Del Fante has a wealth of experience in the hospitality industry and now works with wine producers in the Lugano region.
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’.
David Vareille is Head Sommelier at The Arts Club London, leading one of the biggest teams in the country.
Christopher Tanghe MS is Chief Instructor with GuildSomm, which involves spearheading masterclasses across the country, conducting webinars and contributing editorial content to guildsomm.com.
Christopher Sherwood is sole buyer and general manager of the four Bottle Apostle stores, founded in 2009 in Hackney, East London.
Ana Sapungiu MW is Head Wine Buyer for UK based retailer Oddbins.
Treve Ring is a wine writer and editor, judge and speaker, and perpetual traveller.
Piotr Pietras MS is a judge at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) and an independent wine consultant.
Stefan Metzner is currently co-owner and educator at Das Weininstitut in Munich.
Robert McNulty is co-owner of Wine Academy Italia which offers specialist wine training for businesses along with WSET courses.
Jorge Lucki is a wine author, consultant and writer contributing to several publications, including Valor Econômico, Brazil's leading newspaper on the economy.
Cat Lomax is Head of Buying at Majestic Wine.
Harriet Kininmonth is a Senior Buyer at Enotria & Coe.
Guillem Kerambrun is Director of Fine Wines & Private Clients for Berkmann Wine Cellars.
Terry Kandylis is Head Sommelier at 67 Pall Mall.