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.
Mario Meštrović is a Croatian sommelier and a member of the executive board of the Croatian Sommelier Club in Zagreb.
Maria Jose Huertas Vega is Head Sommelier at NH Hotels, Spain.
Matthew Horsley is a buyer at The Wine Society responsible for sourcing wines from England, Greece and Hungary.
Nicholas Blampied-Lane is Head Winemaker for the English contract winemaking facility Defined Wine, situated just outside of Canterbury.
Neil Sommerfelt MW runs NS Wine Consultancy, a business he set up in 2014.
Matthew Stubbs MW is a judge at the Decanter World Wine Awards and owns a wine school in the Languedoc.
Matthew Wilkin MS co-owns London-based wine company H2Vin specialising in the Loire, Burgundy, Rhône, Spain & South Africa.
Matt Smith is the buying director at Naked Wines.
Marco Iaccarino is Head of Wine at the Berkeley hotel.
Laure Patry is currently the UK manager at Wine Source.
Maria Valeria Gamper is a sommelier at the two Michelin-Starred restaurant El Molino de Urdániz
Lydia Harrison MW is Head of Education and Events at WSET School London
Matt Pym is the owner of Pym My Wine Ltd, a strategic consultancy and sales representation firm that helps wineries from around the world to develop and increase their sales in the UK and Irish markets.
Keith Isaac MW is a veteran of Castelnau Wine Agencies, having been with the company since 1987, being appointed General Manager in 1996.
Larry Stone MS is the CEO and Founder of Lingua Franca, an estate winery in Willamette Valley.
Melania Battiston is Head Sommelier and Wine Buyer at Medlar restaurant, in Chelsea, London.
Luigi Buonanno is Regional Sales Manager of London at Berkmann Wine Cellars.
Lenka Sedlackova MW is a senior brand manager at Bancroft Wines.
Magdalena Kaiser is the Director of PR at the Wine Marketing Association of Ontario.
Laurent Richet MS is the Head Sommelier at Restaurant Fitzgerald in Rotterdam.
Luis Capitao is Managing Partner of the company which he co-founded, Touchstone Wines, a sales and marketing firm working with foreign wineries.
Jorge Lucki is a wine author, consultant and writer contributing to several influential publications in Brazil.
Marcus Lai is the Managing Partner at Asia Wine Cellar.
Julia Sewell is currently head of customer services at Davy's Wine Merchant.
Jonas Röjerman MW is the Managing Director of Vitis Wines, a wine importer and retailer for the Nordic markets.
Julie Buckley has extensive experience of PR and buying roles in both the specialist and grocery retail sector. She is currently the senior national account manager at Liberty Wines.
Jean Wareing MW is marketing manager at Alliance Wine.
Johan Larsson is a wine buyer for Systembolaget, responsible for all French wine buying.
Igor Sotric is Head Sommelier and Wine Buyer at China Tang at the Dorchester.
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.