DWWA Regional Chair for Bordeaux: Matthew Stubbs MW
Matthew Stubbs MW, a highly accomplished wine professional and educator, is the new Joint Regional Chair for Bordeaux at the Decanter World Wine Awards 2025 (DWWA).
The DWWA Judges
Read the profiles of the world’s best wine tasters, and find out which judges sit on which panels.
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DWWA Regional Chair for the Balkans, Central & Eastern Europe, and Croatia & Slovenia: Dr Wojciech Bońkowski MW
Wojciech Bońkowski is a wine writer, writing articles, blogs and books as well as being President of the Polish Wine Trade Association.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Bordeaux: Alun Griffiths MW
Alun Griffiths MW is a highly respected wine expert with over 35 years of experience in the UK wine industry and extensive consulting work in the Chinese market.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Southern Italy : Anthony Rose
Anthony Rose is an award-winning wine and sake writer, and a founding member of The Wine Gang.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Germany and South & Eastern Mediterranean: Caro Maurer MW
Caro Maurer MW is a wine writer based in Bonn, Germany, with a writing career spanning almost 30 years.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Balkans, Central & Eastern Europe, and Caucasus Region: Simon J Woolf
Simon J Woolf is an award-winning English author and wine writer, currently based in The Netherlands.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Austria & Switzerland: Stefan Neumann MS
Stefan Neumann MS runs his own consultancy and online blinding tasting course.
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DWWA Regional Chair for the Balkans, Central & Eastern Europe, and Croatia & Slovenia: Dr Caroline Gilby MW
Caroline Gilby MW is an author, writer and consultant, specialising on Central and Eastern Europe.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Greece & Cyprus: Terry Kandylis
Terry Kandylis is the Group Head Sommelier at the Noble Rot Restaurant & Wine Bar.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Burgundy & Champagne: Charles Curtis MW
Charles Curtis MW writes regularly for a number of magazines.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Australia: Huon Hooke
Huon Hooke is an educator, international wine judge and writer, having published 19 books on wine.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Piedmont: Michaela Morris
Michaela Morris is an international wine writer and educator, based in Vancouver, Canada.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Chile: Amanda Barnes
Amanda Barnes is an award-winning wine journalist and expert in South American wines and regions.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Tuscany: Michelle Cherutti-Kowal MW
Michelle Cherutti-Kowal MW is the Regional Chair for Tuscany at the DWWA and a consultant tutor at the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) in London.
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DWWA Co-Chair: Beth Willard
Beth Willard, former wine buyer and now a key figure in Spanish wine industry, is a Co-Chair at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2025.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Spain: Pierre Mansour
Pierre Mansour is Head Buyer at The Wine Society.
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DWWA Regional Chair for the USA & Central America: James Tidwell MS
James Tidwell MS consults for Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and founded the TEXSOM conference and awards.
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DWWA Regional Chair Veneto: Richard Baudains
Richard Baudains, a longstanding contributor to Decanter, also works as a Cambridge University English language examiner.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Portugal: Sarah Ahmed
Sarah Ahmed, aka The Wine Detective, is an independent, London-based wine writer, educator and judge.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Loire: Jim Budd
Jim Budd is a wine writer and has been writing for Decanter since 1989.
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DWWA Regional Chair for Provence: Rod Smith MW
Rod Smith MW is a wine educator, marketer and salesman, based in the South of France.
