Once again this year’s judging panel will be entirely comprised of independent wine merchants, and overseen by David Williams.
We are currently recruiting 40 merchants to serve on our 2023 panel.
Those confirmed so far include:
Alastair and Teresa Wighton at Alteus Wines, Crowbrough
Kathryn Stead at Brigitte Bordeaux, Nottingham
Paul Tate-Smith at Derventio Wines, North Yorkshire
Sunny Hodge at Diogenes the Dog, London
Sarah Hall at Doddington Hall Farm, Lincolnshire
Julia Jenkins at Flagship Wines, St Albans
Mark Stephenson at Grape & Grain, Morpeth
Graeme Wood & Michael Jelley at Grape Minds, Oxford
Sam Howard at HarperWells, Norwich
Abbi & Dillon Moreno at Flora Fine Wines, London
Morgan Ward at Morgan Edwards, Knutsford
Jon Moore at Mumbles Fine Wines, Swansea
Charlie Jones at Native Vine, Bristol
Cameron McKeown at Oak N4, London
Ted Sandbach at Oxford Wine Company
Alex & Ruth Grahame at SugarBird Wines, Aberdeen
Fabien & Christine Voisin at Tell Me Wine, Monmouthshire
Anne Cleminson at The Cross Street Bottle Shop, Newton Abbot
Jim Dawson at The Jolly Vintner Too, Bournemouth
Michael Boniface at The No 2 Pound Street Cellar, Wendover
Iris Fabre at The Real Drinks Group, London
Rochelle Garbut at The Wine Club, Merseyside
Kieran O’Brien at Three Pillars Wine, Eccleshall
Ed Gillibrand at Tiny’s Tipple, Manchester
Tom I’Anson at Tom I’Anson Wines, Cheltenham
Liam Plowman at Wild & Lees, London
Kirsty McEwan at WineKraft, Edinburgh.