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Mark O’Halleron is a freelance wine and spirits writer based in Hove, United Kingdom. He joined Decanter in 2007 as tastings executive, organising panel tastings. He spent a year as awards tasing executive working on the Decanter World Wine Awards and Decanter Asia Wine Awards before leaving in 2015 to pursue a freelance career. He has a Level 4 Diploma from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.
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