DWWA 2020

DWWA judge profile: Jan Konetzki

Jan Konetzki is an independent sommelier offering consultancy services for trade and private clients.

DWWA judge profile: Erik Simonics

Erik Simonics is Group Head Sommelier for the Birley Clubs.

DWWA judge profile: Colin Thorne

Colin Thorne buys wines for London’s Vagabond Wines group of wine shops and bars.

DWWA judge profile: Michael Harrison

Michael Harrison has held many different roles in the wine trade including Sommelier, Wine Buyer, Fine Wine Manager and Consultant.

DWWA judge profile: Elvis Ziakos

Elvis Ziakos is Head Sommelier at The Greenhouse restaurant in London.

DWWA judge profile: Gerd Stepp

Previously a winemaker for Marks & Spencer, Gerd Stepp now makes wine at his family vineyards, Stepp, in Pfalz.

DWWA judge profile: Philip Tuck MW

Philip Tuck MW is Wine Director at Hatch Mansfield.

DWWA Judge profile: Diana Rollan

Diana Rollan is Group Head of Beverage for restaurant and hotel group D&D London.

DWWA judge profile: Nick Room

Nick Room runs his own consultancy, RT Wine Solutions forcusing on tastings and education.

DWWA judge profile: Nick Oakley

Nick Oakley is the Director of Oakley Wine Agencies, one of the UK’s leading Portuguese specialists.

DWWA judge profile: Peter Mitchell MW

Peter Mitchell MW is the Wine Director at Jeroboams Group.

DWWA judge profile: Matteo Montone MS

Matteo Montone MS is Wine Director at Berners Tavern.

DWWA judge profile: Victoria MacKenzie MW

Victoria MacKenzie MW is Head of Product Development for Wine Qualifications at the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.

DWWA judge profile: Jeremy Lithgow MW

Jeremy Lithgow MW is Head of Wine for Amathus Drinks, a UK based importer and distributor of wines and spirits from across the globe.

DWWA Judge profile: Ben Gubbins

Ben Gubbins teaches WSET courses at Vagabond Wines Urban Winery in Battersea Power Station.

DWWA judge profile: Nicolas Clerc MS

Nicolas Clerc MS works as a buyer for Armit Wines. He is President of the sommelier arm of the Academy of Food and Wine Service UK.

DWWA judge profile: Freddy Bulmer

Freddy Bulmer is a buyer at The Wine Society, sourcing their Australian, New Zealand, Austrian and Eastern European wines.

DWWA judge profile: Alan Bednarski

Alan Bednarski is an independent wine consultant and judge. He has held various Head Sommelier positions at prestigious restaurants in his native Poland and London.

Discover DWWA medal winners with Grand Cru, Wine Concierge, 1855 The Bottle Shop and Corney and Barrow in Singapore

Discover DWWA award-winning wines at some of Singapore's leading wine retailers...

DWWA Regional Chair for Tuscany: Michelle Cherutti-Kowal MW

Michelle Cherutti-Kowal MW is the new Regional Chair for Tuscany at the 2023 Decanter World Wine Awards and a consultant tutor at the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) in London.

DWWA Regional Chair for Provence: Rod Smith MW

Rod Smith MW is a wine educator, marketer and salesman, based in the South of France.

DWWA Regional Chair for Portugal: Sarah Ahmed

Sarah Ahmed, aka The Wine Detective, is an independent, London-based wine writer, educator and judge.

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 2022.

DWWA Regional Chair for Chile: Peter Richards MW

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.

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.

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.

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.

DWWA Regional Chair for the UK: Simon Field MW

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.

DWWA Regional Chair for Switzerland: Stefan Neumann MS

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.