Meet the judges

Once again the 2024 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 2024 team, which will convene in north London in April.

Those confirmed so far include:

James Dawson, Cork & Cask, Edinburgh
Eliza Parkes, Yardarm, Leyton, London
Henry Poultney, Grace + James, Kings Heath, Birmingham
Sarah Hatton/Virginia Myers, Tenaya Wine, Sheffield
Leo Bruton-Simmonds, The Salusbury Wine Store, London
Adrian Shield, Elodie’s, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria
Derek Crookes, Kernowine, Falmouth, Cornwall
Victoria Rogers, Gauntley’s of Nottingham, Nottingham
Nick Lawrence, Corc, Barry, Wales
Sara Bangert, The General Wine Company, Liphook, Hampshire
Ben Williams, The Old Liquor Store, York
Rosalyn Magee, Magee’s Wine Shop, Crossgar, Northern Ireland
Jamie Lymer, Givino, Frome, Somerset
Daniel Read, New Forest Wines, Ringwood, Hampshire
Philip Amps, Amps Wine Merchants, Oundle, Cambridgeshire
Julia Jenkins, Flagship Wines, St Albans
Sam Howard, HarperWells, Norwich
Morgan Ward, Morgan Edwards, Cheshire
Henry Butler, Butlers, Brighton
David Cushley, The Feral Pig, Newport, Pembrokeshire
Hal Wilson, Cambridge Wine Merchants, Cambridge
Dawn Mannis, The Sampler, London
Ted Sandbach, The Oxford Wine Company, Oxford
Robert Maynard, Chanctonbury Wines, Steyning, West Sussex
Sarah Helliwell, The Stores, Frome, Somerset
Hannah Wilkins, Vineyards, Sherborne, Dorset
Claire Carruthers, Carruthers & Kent, Newcastle
Sam Jackson, Chester Beer & Wine, Chester