DWWA judge profile: Martin Hudson MW
Martin Hudson MW is a freelance wine advisor and educator.
Martin Hudson MW is a freelance wine advisor and educator.
Laura DePasquale MS is the President/General Manager of the ARTISANAL FINE WINES division of Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits Florida, a division she created and launched in May 2016.
Christian Honorez is the Founder and Managing Director of H2Vin.
Rémi Cousin is Head Sommelier at Michel Roux Jr’s Michelin-starred Le Gavroche.
Sergio De Luca is Director of Buying for Italy at UK wholesaler Enotria&Coe.
Danny Cameron ComIH divides his time between his award-winning consultancy and the Dyfi Distillery in Wales, the only distillery to have won the prestigious Best British Gin trophy twice.
Martin Reyes MW is GM and winemaker for Sonoma-based Peter Paul Wines and consults across the full wine supply chain. He launched Reyes Selections in 2018, a small portfolio of his favourite European producers.
Christopher Bates MS owns and operates F.L.X. Hospitality & F.L.X. Wienery as well as educating as a lecturer at The International Culinary Center, and with the Court of Master Sommeliers.
Brian Cronin MS has worked as sommelier in some of the top restaurants in America and is now National Education Manager for Palm Bay International.
Jamie Avenell is a Senior Wine Buyer at Bibendum PLB, responsible for buying from Spain, Portugal, Champagne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence, New Zealand, and England.
Simon Woolf was the Roederer International Wine Writer Awards Feature Writer of the Year 2018. His first book "Amber Revolution" won the prestigious Roederer International Wine Writer Awards Book of the Year 2019.
Jean-Michel Valette MW is director of Vinfolio, a US-based internet marketplace for fine wine.
Lionel Periner is Head Sommelier at Adnams in Birmingham.
Tanguy Martin is Wine Manager at New Street Wine Shop, London.
Julia Lambert is a wine educator at WSET School London as well as contributing to numerous in-person and online tasting events.
Now retired, James John MW worked in the wine industry for over 50 years, in various buying and blending roles and he established the Bath Wine School.
Georgina Haughton is a wine buyer for Sainbury's, responsible for the buying and selling strategy of Sainsbury’s Premium Wine.
Rebecca Gergely Ohayon is in charge of French and fine wine buying at Enotria&Coe.
Emma Dawson MW is a senior wine buyer for Berkmann Wine Cellars.
Sue Daniels is Marks & Spencer's winemaker for Champagne, sparkling, fortified, Spain, Portugal, England, Burgundy and South Africa.
Olga Crawford MW is currently an independent wine business consultant and a wine buyer for Naked Wines US, where she works with over 100 winemakers worldwide.
Alistair Cooper MW is an independent British wine writer, judge, consultant and educator with over 20 years of experience in the industry.
Allan Cheesman spent over 30 years as Trading Director at Sainsbury’s. Now semi-retired, he is a non-Executive Director of Vindipendents buying group and member of the WSET Awards Supervisory Board.
Karl Arbin is a wine consultant and runs Panache Sweden, a wine merchant focused on delivering honest wines through Systembolaget to end consumers.
Monty Waldin is a British broadcaster, author, and occasional winemaker, specialising in organics and biodynamics.
Rebecca Gibb MW is an award-winning wine writer, author of The Wines of New Zealand and Director of The Drinks Project.
Andreas Rosendal is Restaurant Director at Whatley Manor Hotel, where he is responsible for the hotel’s Two Michelin-starred restaurant, as well as Grey’s Brasserie and the recently launched Green Room.
Martin Tickle is the Fine Wine Buyer for Jeroboams Wine Merchants, with a particular focus on the wines of Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Champagne.
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.
Mikolaj Skrzypczak is Head Sommelier of the Michelin starred Trishna Restaurant.