Meet the Decanter experts

SARAH JANE EVANS MW is an awarded journalist, author and broadcaster, and a DWWA Co-Chair. Author of The Wines of Northern Spain (Infinite Ideas, 2018), she is also the current chair of Spain’s Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino

JOCHEN DE VYLDER is the founder of Ampersand Wine Auctions, which he set up in 2018 with a focus on provenance and quality, following years of working as a consultant for major international wine houses

PEDRO BALLESTEROS TORRES MW is a widely published wine journalist, educator and judge. He is a member of the Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino, and is on the governing board of the Spanish Tasters’ Union

YOLANDA ORTIZ DE ARRI IZARRA is a wine writer based in the Basque Country. She takes care of the English edition of Spanish Wine Lover online, and formerly worked for five years in news on the Financial Times

PILAR CAVERO won Best Sommelier of Spain in 2013 while at three-star Michelin El Celler de Can Roca. She writes a wine review for Spanish newspaper ABC and is director of its La Guía de los Mejores Vinos de España

ALVARO RIBALTA MW became a Master of Wine in 2021. He moved to London in 2006, and has been working for UK specialist importer Indigo Wine since 2014, now as its Spanish buyer since relocating to his native Barcelona

AMAYA CERVERA is a freelance wine writer and journalist based in Madrid. Founder of the bilingual Spanish Wine Lover website, she writes mainly about Spanish wine, also contributing to other international and Spanish publications

DAVID WILLIAMS is a regular contributor to Decanter on all things Spanish. He is also wine correspondent for The Observer, deputy editor of The World of Fine Wine, and a columnist for trade magazine The Wine Merchant