DWWA judge profile: Lionel Periner
Lionel Periner is Head Sommelier at Adnams in Birmingham.
Lionel Periner is Head Sommelier at Adnams in Birmingham.
Stefan Neumann MS is Head Sommelier at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, a two Michelin-star restaurant in the Mandarin Oriental hotel, Hyde Park.
Matthieu Longuère MS is Cordon Bleu’s Wine Development Manager at their school in London.
Daphne Teremetz is a wine buyer for UK grocer Waitrose, responsible for managing and sourcing the range from South America, Bordeaux, Alsace and Regional France.
Robert Mathias works as a Wine Buyer at Bibendum PLB, London.
Martin Tickle is the Fine Wine Buyer for Jeroboams Wine Merchants, with a particular focus on the wines of Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Champagne.
Jean Wareing MW is a buyer for Boutinot, sourcing wines from Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria and Greece.
Silvia Garatti is a Wine Buyer for FortyFive10, a specialised Italian wine company in London.
Marcel Orford-Williams is a buyer for The Wine Society, sourcing from Rhône, Southern and regional French wines and Germany.
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.
Julia Lambert is Owner and tutor at South London Wine School.
Alan Bednarski is Head Sommelier and Wine Buyer at the Michelin starred Texture Restaurant and Champagne Bar in London.
Tamas Czinki is Head Sommelier at Northcote.
Dimitri Mesnard MS is the International Brand Ambassador for Jackson Family Wines.
Julie Buckley has extensive experience of PR and buying roles in both the specialist and grocery retail sector. Her recent roles have focused on developing own & tertiary brand propositions where she has worked directly with winemakers and producers across the globe.
Pierre Mansour is Head Buyer at The Wine Society.
Tim Hall writes about Champagne, founded Scala School of Wine in London and imports high quality small estates Champagne to the UK.
Igor Sotric is Head Sommelier and Wine Buyer at China Tang at the Dorchester. He also acts as consultant to several restaurants, and since 2009 he has been making his own Chardonnay in Goriska Brda, Slovenia, with his friend Marijan Simcic.
Ben Gubbins is a Manager at Vagabond Wines.
Andres Ituarte is Group Head Sommelier for Tamarind collection.
Mikolaj Skrzypczak is Head Sommelier of the Michelin starred Trishna Restaurant.
Elvis Ziakos is Head Sommelier at The Greenhouse restaurant in London and has won many awards as a Sommelier.
Tom Forrest was Executive Manager for Wine Experience and Education at Vinopolis. Since then, he has worked with London restaurants, training companies, the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu Cookery School and the BBC Good Food Shows.
Mike Ritchie MW works in sales role at Freixenet-Copestick, the UK division of German sekt producer Henkell.
Nigel Wilkinson has run London’s RSJ restaurant for over 30 years, where the wine list boasts more than 300 wines from the Loire region.
Frederic Marti is GM of Fred’s Wine Bar and Wine Director at The Typing Room located in East London's Town Hall Hotel.
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.
Neil Sommerfelt MW is proprietor of NS Wine Consultancy, a business he set up in 2014. He works with a number of different companies including H2Vin Ltd and Philglas & Swiggot, with particular responsibility for their Burgundy En Primeur campaigns.
Alexandre Freguin is Head Sommelier at Moor Hall in Lancashire. He won the Taittinger Sommelier of the Year 2018.
Gerard Barnes is a wine buyer at Berkmann Wine Cellars, sourcing private and exclusive wines.