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DWWA Regional Chair for Spain: Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW

Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW is joint Regional Chair with Ferran Centelles & Pierre Mansour for Spain at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2025.

Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW

Alongside Ferran Centelles & Pierre Mansour, Pedro Ballesterros Torres MW heads up the Spanish panels at the DWWA.

He has studied around the world, including in Spain, France, the US and Germany. Among his qualifications he holds a degree in agro-food engineering and a masters in viticulture and oenology.

A columnist for magazines in Spain and Belgium, he works in four languages. He in on the governing board of the Unión Española de Catadores (the Spanish wine tasters’ union), the board of the International Federation of Wine and Spirit Journalists and Writers, the wine committee of the Basque Culinary Centre, and is an expert at the OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine).

He is a VIA Certified Italian Wine Ambassador, a member of Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino, and has been awarded the Spanish Command Order of Agricultural Merit.

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