2015 Decanter World Wine Awards: some photos

Judges listening as Sarah Kemp and Steven Spurrier 

set the scene for the day

– how to deal with over 16,000 wines @Tobacco Dock

DWWA judges gathering at the start  of the day

Nigel Wilkinson (RSJ Restaurant) judging Loires

Up at 3.20am to fly south from Edinburgh 

Chris Kissack (The Wine Doctor) is admirably awake

 Nicolas Clerc MS (Morris & Verdin)

Nicolas joined the Loire panel for two days 

Ian d'Agata

Monty Waldin – the UK PetNat guy

 

Mai Tjemsland MW

  Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW 

taking an exploratory sip of water...

not sure it will catch on 

Shane Jones, the Red Shirt who looked after 

our Loire panel brilliantly on Tuesday and Wednesday 

Pancho Campo resigns his MW

Pancho Campo

I understand that Pancho Campo has today notified the Institute of Masters of Wine that he has decided to resign from the Institute with immediate effect. Apparently The Institute of Masters of Wine investigation was complete and this week the report was due to be considered by the IMW Council.  

Message this afternoon from Siobhan Turner, executive director of the Institute of Masters of Wine, to the MWs:

'Pancho Campo has today informed the Institute, that in light of his move into more sports and music events and away from wine, he has decided to resign his membership of the Institute of Masters of Wine, effective immediately. We wish him the best in his new endeavours.

 

Kind regards

Siobhan Turner

Executive Director'

It is thought that the report from the disciplinary committee recommended that Campo should be suspended for a period of two or three years. Expulsion may also have been an option for the Council to consider.

Under the Institute’s disciplinary procedures Campo would have had a month to accept or appeal against the Council’s decision. If a member accepts the decision then the report is not published. If there is an appeal the report is published along with any submissions the disciplined member has submitted.

Jim's Loire understands that Campo may well issue a statement explaining the reasons for his resignation. 

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In case anyone thinks that Spain is now without an MW, the country still has Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW, Spanish born although currently working in Belgium. 

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Report on Proensa (3.5.12) http://www.proensa.com/ 

El fin de Pancho Campo como Master of Wine

El ex tenista abandona el mundo del vino y se dedicará a organizar festivales musicales

Madrid, 3 de mayo de 2012.-RP.-La noticia ha llegado, al menos hasta esta edición, a través de un somero tuit del Master of Wine Tim Atkin: “última hora: Pancho Campo renuncia a su título de Master of Wine”. Sin más datos ni ninguna comunicación por su parte o la del Instituto, se acaba así, en cuestión de cuatro años, la historia del que fue primer español en conseguir este preciado título.