Harnil Mathur

Head Sommelier - Black Sheep Restaurants, Advanced Sommelier, ASI Diploma Gold - MBA Wine & Spirits Business

Harnil, an Indian Sommelier based in Hong Kong, serves as the Head Sommelier at Black Sheep Restaurants and brings extensive expertise to the CWC judging panel. As one of the youngest and few Advanced Sommeliers from India, he also holds the ASI Sommelier Diploma (Gold) and the French Wine Scholar Diploma. He also holds an MBA in Wine & Spirits Business from the Burgundy School of Business and is currently working toward the Master Sommelier Certification.

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Judges

Meet our judges

The China Wine Competition judges are carefully selected by us and include Master Sommeliers, Top Sommeliers, On-Trade Wine Buyers and Wine Directors of China who all serve or buy wine for their business and are involved in developing wine lists.

The mission and philosophy of the China Wine Competition is to award wines that make a great addition to restaurants wine menus and by the glass programs. The judges are top sommeliers and on-trade wine buyers from China who understands the chinese palate.

These judges are here to highlight top wines the Chinese consumers can drink in restaurants, hotels, bars and clubs.