Dimitri Mesnard MS is division vice president international brand ambassador for California-based Jackson Family Wines, and has been chair of the Court of Master Sommeliers European chapter since 2009. Born in the Loire valley, he moved to the UK in 1996 and spent two years as a sommelier at Michelin two-star Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons near Oxford, before joining Hotel du Vin Group as a head sommelier. Rising to group food & beverage manager in 2005, under the mentorship of Henri Chapon MS and Gerard Basset MS MW he led a team of more than 40 sommeliers across 14 boutique hotels and pioneered the group’s Ecole du Vin wine school. Dimitri has been a DWWA judge since 2014 and served as Acting Regional Chair for Bordeaux in 2021.
