Meet the decanter experts

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AMANDA BARNES is a writer and presenter specialising in South American wine and travel. A DWWA judge, she is author of the award-winning South America Wine Guide (£35 southamerica wineguide.com)

JONATHAN CRISTALDI is a widely published writer on wine, spirits and beer. Based in California, he is editor-at-large for both The Somm Journal and The Tasting Panel magazine, contributing to various other titles including Food & Wine

ALEJANDRO IGLESIAS is a wine writer and educator based in Buenos Aires. He is executive sommelier for Argentina’s Bonvivir wine club, vinomanos.com wine & spirits editor, and teaches across South and Central America

ANNE KREBIEHL MW is a widely published wine writer, judge and lecturer with a particular focus, among others, on traditional-method sparkling wines. She is author of the awarded The Wines of Germany (£35 Infinite Ideas, 2019)

SORREL MOSELEY-WILLIAMS is a freelance journalist and sommelier, as well as winemaker behind Sorol Wines in Mendoza. Living in Argentina since 2006, she is academy chair (South America) for The World’s 50 Best Bars

JULIE SHEPPARD is Decanter’s regional editor for Spain, Portugal and South America. She has been writing about wine, spirits, food and travel for more than 20 years, for a variety of leading consumer and trade publications

PATRICIO TAPIA is a widely published writer and authority on South America’s wines. His Descorchados guide is published annually, offering articles and regional reports covering Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Uruguay

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MATT WALLS is a contributing editor to Decanter and the DWWA Regional Chair for the Rhône. His most recent book, Wines of the Rhône (£35, Infinite Ideas 2021), is an essential reference guide to the region

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