Of these two quotes, it’s hard to decide whether the very delicious, “There will also be 100kg of cheese available to the judges.” or the very British, “Judge severely but do not be ungenerous.” stuck out more, but whatever the case, they summarize a great deal about how it is to judge the Decanter World Wine Awards. Last week, I was one of the 219 judges tackling 17,200 wines from all over the world that were sent to London to be reviewed by what are some of the most knowledgeable […]

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