Meet the experts Decanter’s authors

AMANDA BARNES

is author of the recently published The South America Wine Guide print edition. Her website under the same name is an expert wine and travel guide to Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru

ALEJANDRO IGLESIAS

is a wine writer and educator based in Buenos Aires. He is executive sommelier for Argentina’s Bonvivir wine club, vinomanos.com wine & spirits editor, and teaches across South and Central America

KATIE KELLY BELL

is a wine, food and travel writer and editor based in Atlanta, Georgia. As well as writing for Condé Nast Traveler, Forbes and USA Today, she coauthored The Everything Travel Guide to Ireland (Adams Media, 2010)

JORDAN MACKAY

is a Napa-based writer on wine, spirits and food. Co-authored with Rajat

Parr, his book Secrets of the Sommeliers won a James Beard award in 2011, while The Atlas of Taste took an André Simon award in 2018

ALISTAIR COOPER MW

is a wine consultant, writer and educator with a particular focus on South America. President of the Cata d’Or wine awards in Chile, he writes regularly for Jancis Robinson, Decanter and many other publications

PETER RICHARDS MW

is a writer and broadcaster whose credits include a 12-year stint on BBC1 TV and the chart-topping Wine Blast podcast. He is Chair of the Decanter Retailer Awards, and DWWA Regional Chair for Chile

RANDALL GRAHM

founded Bonny Doon Vineyard in 1983 and was one of California's earliest advocates for Rhône-style reds. He is currently breeding new grape varieties, aiming to produce true wines of place in California

PATRICIO TAPIA

is a widely published writer and authority on South American wines. His Descorchados guide is published annually, and his numerous other works include The Wines of Colchagua Valley and TodoVino