DAWA Vice-Chairs

DWWA Judge profile: Li Demei

Li Demei is a DecanterChina.com contributor and a professor and director of Enology Engineering at Beijing Agriculture College.

DAWA vice-chair: Hiroshi Ishida

Hiroshi Ishida, three times winner of Best Sommelier of Japan, joins the Vice Chair team at the 2019 DAWA.

DAWA vice-chair: Sarah Jane Evans MW

Sarah Jane Evans MW is an award-winning journalist who began writing about wine in the 1980s.

DAWA vice-chair: Andrew Jefford

Andrew Jefford who has been writing about wine since the 1980s, contributes a column every month to Decanter magazine.

DAWA vice-chair: Michael Hill-Smith MW

Michael Hill-Smith MW is a wine producer, international wine judge and wine consultant.

DAWA vice-chair: Poh Tiong Ch'ng

A lawyer by training, Poh Tiong Ch'ng published the world’s first Chinese Bordeaux Guide in 2000.

DAWA vice-chair: Jeannie Cho Lee MW

Jeannie Cho Lee MW is an author, wine critic, judge and educator as well as the first Asian Master of Wine.