Decanter World Wine Awards judges’ party
Midway through the first week of judging, it was time to put down the tasting glasses and crack open the Champagne, a chance to catch up with wine friends from around the world
1 Devon Lockhead (New Zealand and Piedmont judge) with South Africa judges Malu Lambert and Higgo Jacobs 2 The DWWA judges’ party was kindly sponsored by Champagne Billecart-Salmon, with judges receiving a first taste of Cuvée Louis Salmon Blanc de Blancs Brut Millésime 2008 from Mathieu Roland-Billecart 3 Southern Italy Regional Chair Anthony Rose (second left) with Ieva Markaityte (Portugal and Tuscany), Julie Albin (Languedoc-Roussillon, Piedmont, Portugal, Spain, USA & Central America) and Andrea Eby (Canada, Northern Italy, Tuscany) 4 Asia Regional Chair Ch’ng Poh Tiong talks with Decanter’s Michael Denton 5 Daisuke Kawai (Asia, Australia, Central Italy), Ken Man (Asia, Tuscany, Veneto), and Daisuke Kawai's partner, Sarah Tan 6 The dedicated Decanter team behind the running of the Awards: Madelene Andersson, Jeanne Thexton, Shivani Tomar, Victoria Stanage, Danny John Casely, Javier Soto-Miranda and Simon Wright 7 Alejandro Iglesias (Argentina, Chile), Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW (Spain joint Regional Chair), Maria Valeria Gamper (Argentina, Spain) and Paz Levinson (Argentina Regional Chair) 8 Paulo Brammer (Argentina, Chile), Eduardo Milan (Argentina, Chile) and Jorge Lucki (Argentina) 9
Spain joint Regional Chair Ferran Centelles with Maria José Huertas Vega (Spain) 10 Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW with Australia Regional Chair Justin Knock MW and Tuscany Acting Regional Chair Michelle Cherutti-Kowal MW 11 Italy judges Angelo Sabbadin, Davide Buongiorno, Aldo Fiordelli and Daniele Arcangeli 12 USA & Central America Regional Chair James Tidwell MS, Co-Chair Ronan Sayburn MS, and New Zealand Regional Chair Cameron Douglas MS