Richard Baudains is the Regional Chair for Veneto at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2025.
Richard Baudains
Richard was born and brought up on the formerly French-speaking Island of Jersey (hence the French surname). To satisfy his wanderlust he studied to become an English language teacher, a profession he has had the good fortune to pursue in many of Italy’s top wine regions.
Richard published his first article with Decanter in 1989 and has been writing about Italian wine for the magazine ever since.
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Amarone 2017: Vintage report
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Morellino di Scansano: Names to know and wines to try
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Lugana: Regional profile and 12 spectacular whites
Apart from being a regional chair at the Decanter World Wine Awards, he is also on the team of the Slow Wine Guide and judges at other wine competitions in Italy. He teaches M.A. Courses on Wine Journalism at the Università delle Scienze Gastronomiche.
Outside wine, he works as a Cambridge University English language examiner.
Richard lives in Gorizia. Baudains was first a DWWA judge in 2004.
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