Early Bird Deadline
30 November 2026
Judging
Date
15 & 16 March 2027
Winners Announcement
15 April 2027
Judges
Meet our Judges for 2027
Dror Nativ MW
Senior Wine Buyer at Marks and Spencer
Emily Brighton MW
Master of Wine & Head of Technical at North South Wines Ltd
Matteo Montone MS
Group Wine Director at Gleneagles Hotel
Tim Triptree MW
International Director, Wine at Christie's
Beans Boughton MW
Master of Wine and Buyer at Alliance Wine
Alistair Cooper MW
Master of Wine
Christopher Delalonde MS
Master Sommelier and Head Sommelier at The Pembroke Club London
Yves Desmaris MS
Master Sommelier and Head Sommelier at Boodle's Club, London
Svetoslav Manolev MS
Master Sommelier and Portfolio Director at Armit Wines
Annette Scarfe MW
Master of Wine
Greg Sherwood MW
Master of Wine, Fine Wine Critic, Buyer & International Wine Judge
Demetri Walters MW
Demetri Walters MW
Mike Best MW
Master of Wine and Buyer for Boutinot wines
Beverley Blanning MW
Master of Wine, Writer, Educator, Presenter
Sara Muirhead MW
Master of Wine
Eric Zwiebel MS
Director of Wine at Bonheur by Matt Abe
Claire Blackler MW
Master of Wine
Daniele Arcangeli
ASPI Best Sommelier of Italy 2015, Best Sommelier of Tuscany 2012, ASI Diploma Gold, WSET Diploma Student, Certified Sommelier Court of Master Sommeliers
Vincenzo Arnese
Director of Wine at Raffles London at The OWO
Dario Barbato DipWSET
Head Sommelier at Gordon Ramsay, The Mere Fairmont Cheshire, The Mere
Frances Bentley
Senior Wine Buyer at C&C Group
Maria Boumpa
Wine Buyer at Da Terra Restaurant, 3rd spot UK Sommelier of the Year Competition, Top 5 Female Sommeliers in the UK by the Top 100 Sommeliers UK
Freddy Bulmer
Wine Buyer at The Wine Society
Joshua Castle
Group Head Buyer For Keeling Andrew
Marcello Colletti DipWSET
Top 29 UK Best Sommelier, DipWSET/ CMS Certified, Head Sommelier Lilibet's Mayfair
Sam Cooklin-Smith
No & Low Alcohol Expert, Co-Founder, Kore Drinks, No & Low Alcohol Distribution Agency
Nicola D'Ascenzo
Senior Sommelier at The London EDITION
Emma Denney
Director of Wine at Claridge's
Irem Eren DipWSET
Regional And Category Expert For Low and No Alcohol Category
Bianca Ford
Operations Director and Buyer at Yapp Brothers Ltd
Olivier Freymuth
Director of Wine at CN Foods
Matteo Furlan DipWSET
Head of Wines at The Dorchester
Will Hill
Senior Wine Buyer for Ocado Retail.
Chris Howells
MUST - Group Director
Richard Lewis
Senior Wine Buyer at Berkmann Wine Cellars
Jeremy Lithgow MW
Head of Wine at Amathus Drinks PLC
Lisa Mcbain DipWSET
Wine Buyer & Category Management, Fuller, Smith & Turne
Shane McHugh
Group Wine Buyer at Goodman Restaurant Holdings Ltd
Elizabeth Mellish
30 under 30 Harpers Wine and Spirits | Head Sommelier at Gleneagles Townhouse
Federico Moccia
Head of Wine & Operations London at 67 Pall Mall
Michele Orbolato
Head of Wine at Thesleff Group, UK
Rachael Pogmore
Wine Buyer, Enotria
Raj Solanki
Senior Category Manager and Wine Buyer, Libra Drinks Wholesale Ltd | Director, Society of Vintners
