Top sommeliers and buyers sign up to judge London Wine Competition

As the entry process for the London Wine Competition closes on February 22 here are the wine industry professionals lined up to judge them.

Enter Your Wine Brand Now (Submission Deadline: Feb 22)

Any drinks competition is only as good as the judges and the judging process behind them.?

This is why since it was launched six years ago the London Wine Competition has worked challenging year by year to build up a network of professional judges that each have direct wine-buying responsibilities and are responsible for deciding what wines are listed by the businesses they work for.?

Wine trade professionals know what it takes for a wine to make it on a list and then stay there. Judging panels made up of top sommeliers, leading wine buyers, merchants, importers, suppliers, and Masters of Wine.?

The 2023 London Wine Competition is to be judged by:

• Joseph Arthur : Senior Wine Buyer at 马莎百货
• Angelo Altobelli : Beverage Manager at Dinings SW3
• Federico Moccia : Head Sommelier at 67 Pall Mall
• Daniele Arcangeli : Certified Sommelier from the Court of Master Sommeliers Europe
• Vincenzo Arnese : Head Sommelier at Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester
• Dario Barbato DipWSET, CS : Head of Wine Department and Training at Individual Restaurants
• Wayne Baxendale : Head Sommelier and Wine Hospitalian, Restaurant Manager and Wine Director SW COOKS
• Jonny Tyson Beecher DipWSET : Assistant Head Sommelier at La Trompette
• Lorenzo Beltrame : Head Sommelier for Santo Mare
• Beatrice Bessi : Head Sommelier at Chiltern Firehouse
• Claire Blackler MW : Owner of Claire Drinks and Master of Wine, Wine & Spirits Educator and Consultant
• Beverley Blanning MW : Journalist and author, competition judge, tour guide, speaker, educator, and event organiser.
• Alessandro Bonazzi : Wine & Spirits Buyer at Whole Foods Market HSK
• Beans Boughton MW : Master of Wine and Buyer at Alliance Wine
• Filippo Carnevale : Head Sommelier and Wine Buyer
• Biagio Castaldo : Restaurant Head Sommelier at Maison Estelle
• Salvatore Castano : On Trade Advisor & Assistant Wine Buyer at Friarwood Wines & Spirits and Best Sommelier of Europe & Africa ASI 2021
• Michele Cortese : Sales Account Manager at Berkmann Wine Cellars
• Giuseppe D'Aniello DipWset D’Aniello: Head Sommelier and Wine Buyer at The London EDITION
• Christopher Delalonde M.S. : Head of Wines at Hakkasan Group
• Richard Dennis : Commercial Director, Watermill Wines Ltd.
• Yves Desmaris M.S. : Master Sommelier and Head Sommelier at Royal Automobile Club
• Eugenio Egorov : Head Sommelier and Wine Buyer at The Stafford London
• Michele Fazari : Head Sommelier at 四季酒店
• Ramiro Fernandez : Head Sommelier and Wine Buyer at Midsummer House Restaurant
• Miguel Gomez : Head Sommelier at The Clove Club
• Will Hill : Wine Buyer and Merchandiser at Honest Grapes
• Georgios Iordanidis : Head of Wine at Annabel's , The Birley Clubs
• Martin Kleveta : Assistant Head Sommelier at HIDE
• Marco Iaccarino : Head of Wine At Berkeley at Maybourne
• Matthieu Longuere MS : Wine Development Manager at Le Cordon Bleu
• William Lowe MW : Co-founder & Master Distiller at The Cambridge Distillery
• Andre Luis Martins : Head Sommelier & Wine Buyer
• Svetoslav Manolev : Fine Wine Manager at Berkmann Wine Cellars
• Peter Mitchell MW : Wine Director at Jeroboams Group
• Matteo Montone MS : World best young sommelier 2019 Chaine de R?tisseurs, Wine Consultant at Matteo Montone Wine Consultancy
• Sara Muirhead MW : Wine Consultant
• Roberta McKeown DipWSET : Category Buying Manager at Wine and Soft Drinks at Star Pubs
• Joanna Nerantzi : Assistant Head Sommelier at Maison Estelle and Estelle Manor
• Antonio Palmarini : Sommelier at Beaverbrook Townhouse, London
• Daniele Palomba : Head Sommelier at Annabel's
• Stefano Pasqual : Head Sommelier at Gordon Ramsay Restaurants
• Richard Perugi : Key Account Manager at Raventós Codorníu
• Emanuel Pesqueira MIH : Head of Wine at Restaurant 1890 by Gordon Ramsay Restaurants
• Adam Porter MW : Master of Wine, Consultant, Educator
• Loris Propedo : Wine Buyer at Locanda Locatelli Restaurant
• Michael Raebel : Owner and Sommelier at Villa Münchbach Lüneburger Heide
• Adam Ramic : Head Sommelier & Wine buyer at The Lanesborough
• Kathrine Larsen-Robert MS : Premium Wine Ambassador at Enotria&Coe
• Stefano Rossomando : Business Development Manager at Oeno Group
• David Round MW : Head of Wine at Pix , Director at Big Fish Little Fish
• Mattia Scarpazza DipWSET : Wine Podcaster & PR and Advertising Strategist at Looking into Wine and Head Sommelier at Petersham Nurseries
• Elena Serban : Head Sommelier and Buyer at Zuma Restaurants
• Chiara Sieni DipWSET : Assistant Manager at Rise & Vine
• Julio David Tauste Sierra : Head Sommelier at D&D London
• Savvas Symeonidis : Head Sommelier of Oblix At The Shard
• Lorenzo Tonelli : Maison Estelle Club Deputy Head Sommelier at Maison Estelle and Estelle Manor
• Valeriya Toteva : Assistant Head Sommelier at Hilton Hotels & Resorts
• Adriana Valentini : Head of Beverage at Oxford and Cambridge Club
• Demetri Walters MW : Wine Consultant, Educator & Presenter
• Eric Zwiebel MS : Executive Head Sommelier at Summer Lodge Country House Hotel and Restaurant - part of The Red Carnation Hotel Collection

How to enter:

The entry process for the?London Wine Competition ends?on February 22. Here’s how to enter:?

For London Wine Competition?

1.?Register here ?to create your account.

2. Login with your details. Complete your company profile.

3. Enter the details of wines that you want to enter in the competition.

?Cost to enter:?￡120 per product

Quantity Discount?

• 4?to 9 entries: 10% discount
• 10 to 14 entries: 15% discount
• 15 or more entries: 20% discount

To enter the London Wine Competition click here.