DWWA Regional Chair for Piedmont: Stephen Brook
Wine writer and Decanter contributor Stephen Brook is the Regional Chair for Piedmont at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2020.
DWWA 2019 Regional Chairs
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DWWA Regional Chair for Languedoc-Roussillon: Justin Howard-Sneyd MW
Howard-Sneyd is now global wine consultant to Direct Wines and founder of The Hive Wine Consulting Limited.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Switzerland: Paolo Basso
Swiss-Italian Paolo Basso, now a wine trader and consultant, won the Best Sommelier of the World 2013.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Portugal: Sarah Ahmed
Sarah Ahmed, aka The Wine Detective, is an independent, London-based wine writer, educator and judge.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Middle East & Asia: Poh Tiong Ch'ng
A lawyer by training, Poh Tiong Ch'ng published the world’s first Chinese Bordeaux Guide in 2000 and is the author of 100 Top Chinese Restaurants of the World.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Canada: Barbara Philip MW
Barbara Philip MW is category manager at BC Liquor Stores in Canada, as well as a lecturer, radio columnist and consultant.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Provence: Rod Smith MW
Rod Smith MW is a wine educator, marketer and salesman, based in the South of France.
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DWWA Regional Chair for South & Eastern Mediterranean: Caro Maurer MW
Caro Maurer MW is a wine writer based in Bonn, Germany, with a writing career spanning almost 30 years.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Chile: Peter Richards MW
Peter is a TV presenter, broadcaster, author and writer. He has spent more than a decade working with BBC1, Sky One, ESPN, Financial Times, The Guardian, ITV1, Radio 4, www.thetimes.co.uk and BBC2.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Tuscany: Monty Waldin
Monty Waldin is a British broadcaster, author, and occasional winemaker, specialising in organics and biodynamics.
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DWWA Regional Chair Veneto: Richard Baudains
Richard Baudains was born and bred in Jersey in the Channel Islands and trained to be a teacher of English as a foreign language in order to satisfy his wanderlust.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Greece & Cyprus: Nico Manessis
Nico Manessis is an expert on the wines of his native Greece and the author of three wine books.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Australia: Huon Hooke
Huon Hooke is an educator, international wine judge and writer, having published 19 books on wine.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Northern Italy: Michael Garner
Michael Garner is the co-author of Barolo: Tar and Roses, a regular contributor to Decanter, and co-owner of Italian Wine Specialists Tria Wines Limited.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Loire: Jim Budd
Jim Budd is a wine writer, having written for Decanter since 1989. He is the former editor of the newsletter of the Circle of Wine Writers, and writes the award-winning Jim’s Loire blog.
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DWWA Regional Chair for the UK: Stephen Skelton MW
Stephen Skelton MW is a consultant to the English wine industry and is involved with planting vineyards for the production of both still and sparkling wine.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Port & Madeira: Richard Mayson
An expert in the wines of Iberia, Richard Mayson writes regularly for Decanter, contributes to The Oxford Companion to Wine, and has written 5 books.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Champagne: Peter Liem
Peter Liem is an American wine writer and author of ChampagneGuide.net, an award-winning online guide to the wines and wine producers of Champagne.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Bordeaux: Jane Anson
Jane Anson is a contributing editor and Bordeaux correspondent for Decanter, also writing a weekly column for Decanterchina.com.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Germany & Austria: Markus del Monego MW
Markus Del Monego MW, Best Sommelier of the World 1998, is wine advisor to Lufthansa airlines and runs consultancy company tasteTainment GmbH.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Burgundy: Jeannie Cho Lee MW
Jeannie Cho Lee MW is an author, wine critic, judge and educator as well as the first Asian Master of Wine.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Spain: Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW
Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW, an active member of numerous wine committees, is a wine writer, consultant and educator .
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DWWA Regional Chair for South Africa: Fiona McDonald
Fiona McDonald, trained news journalist turned wine writer, is Regional Chair for South Africa at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2020.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Spain: Ferran Centelles
Ferran Centelles is a wine writer specialising in Spanish wine for Jancis Robinson, as well as a wine educator and previous sommelier.
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DWWA Regional Chair for North, Central & Eastern Europe: Caroline Gilby MW
Caroline Gilby MW is an author, writer and consultant. She specialises in Central and Eastern Europe and has written a book on the wines of Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova.
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DWWA Regional Chair for North, Central & Eastern Europe: Beth Willard
After working for Syndicat des Vins de Bordeaux, Beth Willard moved into buying roles, including her time as Buying Manager for Direct Wines.
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DWWA Regional Chair for the Rhône: Matt Walls
Matt Walls is an award-winning freelance wine writer, author, blogger and consultant, contributing regular articles to Decanter.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Languedoc-Roussillon: Andy Howard MW
Andy Howard MW became a MW in 2011 and runs his own consultancy business, Vinetrades Ltd, which focuses on education, judging, investment and sourcing.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Southern Italy: Anthony Rose
Anthony Rose is an award-winning wine and sake writer, and a founding member of The Wine Gang. He is the Regional Chair for Southern Italy at the DWWA 2020.
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DWWA Regional Chair for New Zealand: Bob Campbell MW
Bob Campbell is wine editor of Taste magazine and Air New Zealand’s in-flight magazine KiaOra, and runs wine certificate courses in New Zealand.
