DWWA Judge 2019

Ana Jackson (nee Sapungiu) MW

An experienced master of wine & the head of wine business development at Amathus. Based in the UK.

Raimonds Tomsons

Wine Director at Barents Wine Collectors. Based in Latvia.

Laura Depasquale MS

Master Sommelier, Italian wine expert, and top fine wine executive. Based in the US.

Rebecca Gergely Ohayon

Trade wine buyer with French expertise. Based in the UK.

Matt Pym

Award-winning, highly experienced retail buyer, nowadays consulting to wineries around the globe. Based in France.

DWWA judge profile: Davide Buongiorno

Davide Buongiorno is an experienced sommelier and runs his own wine consultancy firm.

DWWA Judge Profile: Darrel Joseph

Darrel Joseph is a wine writer, currently working on a wine book on the Balkan wine countries.

DWWA judge profile: Aldo Fiordelli

Aldo Fiordelli is an Italian wine critic, journalist and wine writer. In 2017 he was named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne. 

DWWA Judge profile: Sinisa Lasan

Siniša Lasan has worked as a sommelier in many prominent restaurants in Croatia.

DWWA judge profile: Angelo Sabbadin

Angelo Sabbadin buys for Ferro Distribuzione in Castelfranco Veneto and reviews for Comparini's Best Italian Wines guidebook.

DWWA judge profile: Mario Meštrović

Mario Meštrović is a Croatian sommelier and a member of the executive board of the Croatian Sommelier Club in Zagreb.

DWWA judge profile: Larry Stone MS

Larry Stone MS is the CEO and Founder of Lingua Franca, an estate winery in Willamette Valley.

DWWA judge profile: Janet Dorozynski

Janet Dorozynski is the lead for Canadian wine, beer and spirits at the Trade Commissioner Service of Global Affairs Canada, a principal critic and writer at WineAlign as well as the wine columnist for Luxe Magazine Ottawa.

DWWA judge profile: Freddy Bulmer

Freddy Bulmer is a buyer at The Wine Society, sourcing their Australian, New Zealand, Austrian and Eastern European wines.

DWWA judge profile: Emilio Del Fante

Emilio Del Fante has a wealth of experience in the hospitality industry and now works with wine producers in the Lugano region.

DWWA judge profile: Richard Hemming MW

Richard Hemming MW is a wine writer, educator and consultant.

DWWA judge profile: Philip Tuck MW

Philip Tuck MW is Wine Director at Hatch Mansfield.

DWWA judge profile: Miquel Hudin

Miquel Hudin is a wine writer originally from California, now living in Catalunya, Spain.

DWWA judge profile: Nelson Guerreiro

Nelson Guerreiro is Sommelier and Brand Ambassador, for the Italian brands: Antinori, San Guido, Zenato, Tommasi, at Garrafeira Nacional in Portugal.

DWWA judge profile: Julie Albin

Julie is an international wine consultant, content specialist, and WSET Certified Educator.

DWWA judge profile: Lisa M. Airey

Lisa M. Airey has 13 years of experience in wine wholesale. She is currently the Education Director for the Wine Scholar Guild.