DWWA judge profile: Mikolaj Skrzypczak
Mikolaj Skrzypczak is Head Sommelier of the Michelin starred Trishna Restaurant.
Mikolaj Skrzypczak is Head Sommelier of the Michelin starred Trishna Restaurant.
Kathrine Larsen MS is Premium Wine Ambassador at Enotria & Coe.
Leonid Fadeev works at Cote Rocheuse as Executive Director, steadfastly developing the company whilst continuing his wine education, working towards the Master of Wine qualification.
Peter Ranscombe is a journalist, copywriter and novelist. He is also the wine columnist and drinks blogger for Scottish Field magazine.
Joanna Simon is a London-based wine writer, author and presenter. She is co-founder of The Wine Gang and editor of Waitrose Drinks magazine.
Nancy Gilchrist MW is an independent wine educator and consultant.
Fernando Mora MW is a Spanish winemaker and consultant, who created Bodegas Frontonio and launched Cuevas de Arom.
Margaret Rand's current work includes writing for World of Fine Wine, winesearcher.com, timatkin.com and Gourmet Traveller Wine; she is general editor of the annual Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book.
Maurizio Broggi works at the Wine Scholar Guild as Education Director for Italy, developing the Italian Wine Scholar programme.
Dirceu Vianna Junior MW is founder of Vianna Wine Resources, a company that consults for wine businesses across Europe, Africa and South America.
Björnstierne Antonson is the head sommelier & champagne bar manager at The Champagne Bar by Richard Juhlin in Stockholm.
Victoria Anderson is sole wine buyer for Booths, the family-run, regional grocery retailer.
Hugo Rose MW is Managing Director of Cellar&Co, a fine wine asset management company. He was a former chairman of the Institute of Masters of Wine (for whom he is joint Endowment Investment Officer) and of the Wine Investment Association.
Julie Dupouy is founder of consultancy company Down2Wine and a sommelier-consultant for 1* Michelin restaurant Chapter One.
Marc Almert is in charge of the wine department at five-star hotel Baur au Lac‘s two-Michelin-star restaurant Pavillon. He was named Best Sommelier of Germany in 2017 and in 2019 the Best Sommelier in the World.
Tim Sykes is a member of the Wine Society buyers team, and is responsible for buying Bordeaux, Beaujolais and Sherry.
Cristina Alcalá is a qualified sommelier, wine consultant, and taster based in Spain.
Maria Antonia Fernandez-Daza is a Madrid-based consultant specialising in developing strategies for the internationalisation of Spanish wine companies.
John Hoskins MW has his own business, the hotel-restaurant The Old Bridge, in Cambridgeshire.
Vincenzo Donatiello is the Restaurant Manager & Wine Director of 3 Michelin star Piazza Duomo, Alba.
Gennaro Buono is Corporate Sommelier for the Manfredi Fine Hotel Collection.
Emanuel Pesqueira is Food and Beverage Operations Manager at Crowne Plaza Albert Embankment.
Jane MacQuitty is a wine writer, author, judge and commentator.
David Jean is a Buyer for Denner in Switzerland, focusing on their Swiss and New World portfolio.
Bruno Murciano is on H2Vin’s management team, aiding sales and client relations whilst further developing H2Vin’s Spanish Agencies.
Aristide Spies MS runs La Cave des Sommeliers, a chain of wine shops in Belgium and Luxembourg.
Claire Nam is a wine writer in Korea and UK as well as being an Italian Wine Ambassador certified by Vinitaly International Academy. She has set up a micro-négociant GARAM in Bordeaux, producing a micro-cuvée Graves Blanc ‘Les Trois Mains’.
Alessio Spadone manages the cellar of his family business, La Bandiera.
James Reed is a buyer at Majestic Wine.
Bérenger Piras is the Head Buyer of the leading French online wine retailer VINATIS.