DWWA Judge: Peter Csizmadia-Honigh
Peter Csizmadia-Honigh is a wine writer based in Somerset and with a base in Hungary’s Somló wine region too.
Peter Csizmadia-Honigh is a wine writer based in Somerset and with a base in Hungary’s Somló wine region too.
Greg Sherwood MW is Senior Wine Buyer for Fine Wines at Handford Wines in South Kensington.
Ben Robson is the buying director for boutique importer of Italian wines, Bat and Bottle, which he co-founded with his wife, Emma, in 1994.
Caro Maurer MW is a wine writer based in Bonn, Germany, with a writing career spanning almost 30 years.
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.
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.
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.
Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW, an active member of numerous wine committees, is a wine writer, consultant and educator .
Ferran Centelles is a wine writer specialising in Spanish wine for Jancis Robinson, as well as a wine educator and previous sommelier.
Peter is a TV presenter, broadcaster, author and writer. His credits include more than a decade on BBC1 plus Sky One, ESPN, Financial Times, The Guardian, ITV1, Radio 4, BBC2 and The Sunday Times.
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 2022.
Dominique Vrigneau is Buying Director at Watermill Wines and a Chevalier du Tastevin. A DWWA judge since 2010, he joins the Regional Chair team for 2020 .
Huon Hooke is an educator, international wine judge and writer, having published 19 books on wine.
Matt Walls is an award-winning freelance wine writer, author, blogger and consultant, contributing regular articles to Decanter.
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.
Sarah Ahmed, aka The Wine Detective, is an independent, London-based wine writer, educator and judge.
Rod Smith MW is a wine educator, marketer and salesman, based in the South of France.
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.
Wine writer and Decanter contributor Stephen Brook is the Regional Chair for Piedmont at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2021.
Justin Knock MW is co-owner of fine wine retailer Philglas & Swiggot, and runs wine consultancy business The Purple Hand Wine Company.
Argentine Paz Levinson is Executive Head Sommelier for Groupe Pic and a wine educator.
Andy Howard MW became a MW in 2011 and runs his own consultancy business, Vinetrades Ltd, which focuses on education, judging, investment and sourcing.
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.
Rebecca Gibb MW is an award-winning wine writer, author of The Wines of New Zealand and Director of The Drinks Project.
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
Ronan Sayburn MS, head of wine at 67 Pall Mall, has been appointed as fourth Co-Chair at the Decanter World Wine Awards
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.