Jury members
Rob Smyth
United Kingdom / Hungary
Budapest-based, DipWSET-qualified wine all-rounder
He is the deputy editor of the Circle of Wine Writers’ Circular publication, writes on wine business for the Budapest Business Journal and on regions outside of Hungary for Vince Magazin. He teaches WSET Levels 2 and 3 for Budapest’s Borkollégium, and he also guides for Taste Hungary (winner of The Drinks Business Award for Best Contribution to Wine and Spirits Tourism) on wine tours in Hungary, Austria and Slovakia. He is the author of Hungarian Wine: a Tasting Trip to the New Old World (Blue Guides) and teaches gastro writing at McDaniel College Budapest, as well as regularly judges at local and international wine competitions.
