DWWA Judge 2021

DWWA judge profile: Marco Iaccarino

Marco Iaccarino has been a professional sommelier for over 15 years, working in various prestigious hotels in Italy and England. Now he is Head of Wine at the Berkeley hotel.

DWWA judge profile: Beatrice Bessi

Beatrice Bessi works as Head Sommelier at the Chiltern Firehouse in Marylebone and is a judge at the Decanter World Wine Awards.

DWWA judge profile: Shane Jones

Shane Jones is a wine and sake educator who can be found teaching accredited programmes in the UK, France and Germany.  

DWWA judge profile: Melania Battiston

Melania Battiston is Head Sommelier and Wine Buyer at Medlar restaurant, in Chelsea, London.

DWWA judge profile: Zsuzsa Toronyi

Zsuzsa Toronyi is an international wine marketing expert. Her wine communication work currently focuses on promoting Central and Eastern European wines to the UK market.

DWWA judge profile: Dominic Smith

Dominic Smith embodies both music and wine, being a professional musician for over 20 years and working as a sommelier at the Clove Club in London.

DWWA judge profile: Wieteke Teppema

Wieteke Teppema is Commercial Director and Wine Buyer for Drop Wine Shops and App. She spent 10 years working as a sommelier in some of London's best loved Michelin stared restaurants, including Trinity, The Square and The Ledbury.

DWWA judge profile: Alastair Pyatt

Alastair Pyatt is Head of Buying at Jascots Wine Merchants.

DWWA judge profile: Luma Monteiro

Luma Monteiro works as Marketing Executive for Davy's Wine Merchants and runs Wineria, one of the UK’s most successful wine accounts on Instagram (@wineriaofficial).

DWWA judge profile: Federico Moccia

Federico Moccia is assistant head sommelier at 67 Pall Mall. He is an expert in Italian wines and runs detailed masterclasses exploring the Italian terroir.

DWWA judge profile: Alexandra Mawson

Alexandra Mawson is celebrating her 16th year in the wine industry where she has worked for independents and grocers in the UK and Australia. Since 2015, she has primarily been buying Australian and New Zealand wines for Waitrose.

DWWA judge profile: Joanna Lory

Joanne lory is Portfolio and Marketing Manager at Indigo Wine. This involves managing relationships with winemakers and promoting them to the press and trade through engaging content, visits and events for the independent restaurant and beverage sectors.

DWWA judge profile: Dilyan Kolev

Dilyan Kolev is a partner at a specialist importer company, The Old Cellar. You will find him working with Balkan producers to discover interesting new wines and spirits to introduce to the UK market, organising tasting events and wine dinners or helping customers to build a successful drinks list.

DWWA judge profile: Magnavai Janjo

Magnavai Janjo has his own importer company, MJ Wine Cellars, which focuses on creating brands for UK retailers, and on importing niche, small batch, hand-crafted wines.

DWWA judge profile: Aleesha Hansel

Aleesha Hansel is a wine communicator and freelance writer. She is the wine columnist for Red Magazine.

DWWA judge profile: Matthew Forster MW

Matthew Forster MW is an independent wine consultant and education specialist. He is particularly interested in the food and wine culture of Spain, Portugal and South America.

DWWA judge profile: Matthew Horsley

Matthew Horsley is a buyer at The Wine Society responsible for sourcing wines from England, Greece and Hungary.

DWWA judge profile: Martin Lam

Martin Lam is a mentor of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts, a member of The Master Chefs of Great Britain, and also consults on wine, food and restaurants.

DWWA judge profile: Chris Kissack

Chris Kissack is the author of TheWinedoctor.com, a subscription website which he has been publishing since 2000, and is a regular reporter from the annual Bordeaux en primeur tastings.

DWWA judge profile: Jane Boyce MW

Jane Boyce MW is the Fine Wine Manager at James Nicholson Wine Merchant.

DWWA judge profile: Martin Campion

Martin Campion is Senior Product Manager for Laithwaite’s Wine.

DWWA judge profile: Andrew Shaw

Andrew Shaw is Head of Trading - Beers, Wines & Spirits at Marks & Spencer.

DWWA judge profile: Jane Parkinson

Jane Parkinson is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and author.

DWWA Judge profile: Yves Desmaris MS

Yves Desmaris MS is Wine Buyer, Head Sommelier and Restaurant Manager at Pied A Terre, Michelin Star restaurant in Charlotte Street, London.

DWWA judge profile: Martin Hudson MW

Martin Hudson MW is a freelance wine advisor and educator.

DWWA judge profile: Christian Honorez

Christian Honorez is the Founder and Managing Director of H2Vin.

DWWA judge profile: Matt Smith

Matt Smith is a judge at the at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) and buying director at Naked Wines.

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: Sergio De Luca

Sergio De Luca is Director of Buying for Italy at UK wholesaler Enotria&Coe.

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.