DWWA judge profile: Victoria MacKenzie MW
Victoria MacKenzie MW is Head of Product Development for Wine Qualifications at the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.
Victoria MacKenzie MW is Head of Product Development for Wine Qualifications at the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.
Matthieu Longuère MS is Cordon Bleu’s Wine Development Manager at their school in London.
Jeremy Lithgow MW is Head of Wine for Amathus Drinks, a UK based importer and distributor of wines and spirits from across the globe.
Aleesha Hansel is a wine communicator and freelance writer. She is the wine columnist for Red Magazine.
Nelson Guerreiro is Sommelier and Brand Ambassador, for the Italian brands: Antinori, San Guido, Zenato, Tommasi, at Garrafeira Nacional in Portugal.
Vincent Gasnier MS is Managing Director of his own wine consultancy company, VincentGasnier.co.uk, through which he is a wine buyer and sommelier for many hotels and restaurants, and also manages cellars for private clients, hosts events and appears on TV shows.
Dawn Davies MW is Head Buyer at Speciality Drinks.
Laurent Chaniac is a wine consultant who has become popular offering the ultimate wine and spicy food experience.
Gerard Barnes is a wine buyer at Berkmann Wine Cellars, sourcing private and exclusive wines.
Julie is an international wine consultant, content specialist, and WSET Certified Educator.
Nikhil Agarwal represents The Edinburgh Whisky Academy in India, co-organises of ProWine Mumbai and runs the wine, spirits, and luxury consulting agency All Things Nice.
Nick Room runs his own consultancy, RT Wine Solutions forcusing on tastings and education.
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.
Yolanda Ortiz de Arri is a freelance wine journalist and translator based in the Basque Country.
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.
Malu Lambert is an award-winning wine writer. She won the title of the Emerging Wine Writer of the Year at the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards 2019.
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.
Dimple Athavia is founder of All Things Drinks, a new online drinks retail company.
Simon Woolf was the Roederer International Wine Writer Awards Feature Writer of the Year 2018. His first book "Amber Revolution" won the prestigious Roederer International Wine Writer Awards Book of the Year 2019.
Jean-Michel Valette MW is director of Vinfolio, a US-based internet marketplace for fine wine.
Wine speaker, educator and writer, Ying Hsien Tan MW qualified as the first Singaporean Master of Wine in 2015.
Lionel Periner is Head Sommelier at Adnams in Birmingham.
Tanguy Martin is Wine Manager at New Street Wine Shop, London.
Julia Lambert is a wine educator at WSET School London as well as contributing to numerous in-person and online tasting events.
Sonal Holland MW, India's first and only Master of Wine, is a judge at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards. She is an award-winning media broadcaster and speaker.
Now retired, James John MW worked in the wine industry for over 50 years, in various buying and blending roles and he established the Bath Wine School.
Georgina Haughton is a wine buyer for Sainbury's, responsible for the buying and selling strategy of Sainsbury’s Premium Wine.
Rebecca Gergely Ohayon is in charge of French and fine wine buying at Enotria&Coe.
Katie Exton is a judge at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).
Emma Dawson MW is a senior wine buyer for Berkmann Wine Cellars.