Specialists (featured jury members of the wine competition) Essi Avellan MW wine writer, consultant, Finland category: sparkling wine Rose Murray Brown MW wine writer, lecturer, United Kingdom category: sweet wine Tamás Czinki MS head sommelier, Felix Kitchen & Bar, Hungary category: tannic red wine Caro Maurer MW wine writer, wine educator, Germany category: reductive white wine Dr. Caroline Gilby MW wine writer, judge, United Kingdom category: fruit-forward red wine Dr. Jamie Goode wine writer, judge, editor in chief, United Kingdom category: rosé wine Kristian Kielmayer DipWSET, Weinakademiker, enologist, certified educator and sommelier, Hungary category: oak-aged white wine Julia Scavo sommelier champion, wine writer, Romania / France category: aromatic white wine
Jury members Meriç Akbay gastronomy and wine consultant, Germany / Turkey Alexandra Alexandrova DipWSET, current MW Programme student, Russia Ferenc Androsics winemaker, Hungary Gergő Avramucz horeca manager, sommelier, Hungary Zsolt Bartalics ASI dip gold, WSET advanced, sommelier, Hungary Toni Batel sommelier, viticulture consultant, Croatia Hans Bijvoets founder of Anfors Imperial, The Netherlands Lubos Bogar dipWSET wine consultant, writer, WSET educator, MW student, Slovakia Norbert Budai dipWSET, advanced sommelier, Hungary / United Kingdom Ferenc Bujdosó junior winemaker, Hungary Kemal Can Ocak wine educator, dipWSET expert, Turkey Péter Csáki consultant, Vinimport, Hungary Betty Darabont DipWSET, winemaker, Familia Darabont, Romania / Hungary Dr. Bálint Dámosy DipWSET, co-owner, Opera Gin and SFINX Gin & Wine Bar, Hungary , Hungary Dezső Diószegi commercial director, WineHub.hu, Hungary Enikő Dub wine writer, certified sommelier, wine influencer, Austria / Hungary Daniel Duica wine educator, sommelier, Romania Ágnes Egeresi oenologist and viticulturist, certified wine judge, Hungary Dániel Ercsey wine writer, YouTuber, Hungary Gyula Fóti Certified Sommelier, Hungary Attila Geönczeöl Enologist, wine marketing consultant, wine writer, Slovakia / Hungary Manuel Ghezzi sommelier, Italy / United Kingdom Sebastian Giraldo Makovej Advance Sommelier, wine writer, Hungary / Colombia Csaba Harmath gastronomy and fine wine expert, Hungary Mona Haugen-Kind sommelier, editor, agent, wine buyer, Norway George Ignat sommelier, wine event manager, Romania Tamás Jakab owner, wine writer, TenutaWineWebshop, Austria / Hungary Éva Kállai DipWSET, wine expert, Hungary Beáta Keszler DipWSET, wine and marketing expert, Germany / Hungary Mariann Kollár DipWSET, wine expert, owner, Fabrika Studio, Hungary Dr. Mihály Konkoly DipWSET, wine economist, wine writer, Hungary Pál Kovács wine writer, wine judge, Hungary Thomas Kü owner / importer, Qwine, Belgium Judith Lewis wine writer, consultant, Canada / United Kingdom Bartosz Makles co-owner of wine shop Winawulkaniczne.pl, Poland Levente Molnár lawyer, wine expert, owner of RVZ, Hungary Adam Odor Wine Educator, United Kingdom György Orodan DipWSET, head sommelier, Trattoria Pomodoro, Hungary Łukasz Ostrowski wine writer, sommelier, Poland Senay Ozdemir executive director, Women in Wine Expo, Turkey, Turkey Attila Petzold wine and spirit expert, educator, Hungary Olga Pinevich-Todoriuk editor-in-chief, wine expert, Ukrain Zsolt Pintér CEO, Kóstolom, WineGroup, Hungary Fanni Piskor wine expert, consultant, Hungary József Rappay head winemaker, Schieber Winery, Hungary Krisztián Rein wine merchant, Borkorzo.hu, Hungary Isabella Sardo sommelier, wine educator, Luxembourg Bruno Scavo sommelier champion, Monaco / France Georg Schweitzer DipWSET, wine educator, managing director, Wine Burgenland, Austria Dr. Elizabeth Smith wine writer, copywriter, Naked Wines USA, United States Petros Skarmoutsos wine communicator & import manager, Greece / Malta Attila Szentpéteri jr winemaker, Hungary Zsolt Szeredi owner, importer, Vino Castillo, Hungary Zoltán Szövérdfi-Szép founder, ROVINHUD, Romania Sue Tolson wine writer, wine educator, stage 2 MW student, Hungary / United Kingdom Zsuzsa Toronyi Wine Communication/Wines of Hungary UK, United Kingdom Anett Varró-Turóczi Champagne and wine merchant, VarrosCo, Hungary Mária Urbánek Takáčová wine merchant, consultant, Slovakia/Czechia Martin Wiederkehr enologist, entrepreneur, Switzerland Tomasz Witkowski wine importer, Poland György Zsiga co-owner, buyer, Novel Wines, United Kingdom / Hungary
