DWWA judge profile: Jan Konetzki
Jan Konetzki is an independent sommelier offering consultancy services for trade and private clients.
Jan Konetzki is an independent sommelier offering consultancy services for trade and private clients.
Erik Simonics is Group Head Sommelier for the Birley Clubs.
Colin Thorne buys wines for London’s Vagabond Wines group of wine shops and bars.
Michael Harrison has held many different roles in the wine trade including Sommelier, Wine Buyer, Fine Wine Manager and Consultant.
Elvis Ziakos is Head Sommelier at The Greenhouse restaurant in London.
Previously a winemaker for Marks & Spencer, Gerd Stepp now makes wine at his family vineyards, Stepp, in Pfalz.
Philip Tuck MW is Wine Director at Hatch Mansfield.
Diana Rollan is Group Head of Beverage for restaurant and hotel group D&D London.
Nick Room runs his own consultancy, RT Wine Solutions forcusing on tastings and education.
Nick Oakley is the Director of Oakley Wine Agencies, one of the UK’s leading Portuguese specialists.
Peter Mitchell MW is the Wine Director at Jeroboams Group.
Matteo Montone MS is Wine Director at Berners Tavern.
Victoria MacKenzie MW is Head of Product Development for Wine Qualifications at the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.
Jeremy Lithgow MW is Head of Wine for Amathus Drinks, a UK based importer and distributor of wines and spirits from across the globe.
Ben Gubbins teaches WSET courses at Vagabond Wines Urban Winery in Battersea Power Station.
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.
Freddy Bulmer is a buyer at The Wine Society, sourcing their Australian, New Zealand, Austrian and Eastern European wines.
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.
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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.
Rod Smith MW is a wine educator, marketer and salesman, based in the South of France.
Sarah Ahmed, aka The Wine Detective, is an independent, London-based wine writer, educator and judge.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Caro Maurer MW is a wine writer based in Bonn, Germany, with a writing career spanning almost 30 years.
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.
Markus Del Monego MW, Best Sommelier of the World 1998, is wine advisor to Lufthansa airlines and runs consultancy company tasteTainment GmbH.