DWWA Regional Chair Veneto: Richard Baudains
Richard Baudains, a longstanding contributor to Decanter, also works as a Cambridge University English language examiner.
Richard Baudains, a longstanding contributor to Decanter, also works as a Cambridge University English language examiner.
Markus Del Monego MW, Best Sommelier of the World 1998, is wine advisor to Lufthansa airlines and runs consultancy company tasteTainment GmbH.
After working for Syndicat des Vins de Bordeaux, Beth Willard moved into buying roles, including her time as Buying Manager for Direct Wines.
Ferran Centelles is a wine writer specialising in Spanish wine for JancisRobinson.com.
Rod Smith MW is a wine educator, marketer and salesman, based in the South of France.
Barbara Philip MW is category manager at BC LIQUOR in Canada, as well as a lecturer, radio columnist and consultant.
Jeannie Cho Lee MW is an author, wine critic, judge and educator as well as the first Asian Master of Wine.
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.
Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW, an active member of numerous wine committees, is a wine writer, consultant and educator .
Fiona McDonald, trained news journalist turned wine writer, is Regional Chair for South Africa at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2019.
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.
Thierry Meyer is the Regional Chair for Alsace at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2023.
Monty Waldin is a British broadcaster, author, and occasional winemaker, specialising in organics and biodynamics.
Nico Manessis is an expert on the wines of his native Greece and the author of three wine books. In 2020, he was awarded with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Artisanal Wineries of Greece.
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.
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.
James Lawther MW is an independent wine writer and consultant based in Bordeaux who has contributed to Decanter for over 20 years.
Swiss-Italian Paolo Basso, now a wine trader and consultant, won the Best Sommelier of the World 2013.
Jane Anson is a contributing editor and Bordeaux correspondent for Decanter, also writing a weekly column for Decanterchina.com.
Bernard Burtschy writes for l’Avis du Vin, a weekly column in French publication Le Figaro.
Jane Hunt MW, with a wine career spanning 40 years, is Regional Chair for Central Italy (excluding Tuscany) at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA)
Patricio Tapia is the Regional Chair for Argentina at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2019.