The all-new Editors' Lunch was a unique opportunity to join members of Decanter’s editorial team for a relaxed, convivial meal featuring a curated selection of wines from eight of their favourite producers attending the event.

Lunch attendees met Decanter’s Tina Gellie, James Button and Julie Sheppard in person, and discovered more about these wines from the editors who chose them. 

The lunch included:

• A delicious, three-course, Southeast Asian-inspired meal
• A handpicked selection of eight premium cuvées from leading wineries around the world
• The company of three Decanter editors for engaging, behind-the-scenes conversations

Content Director

Tina has been with Decanter since 2008, starting as Chief Sub on the magazine then Regional Editor (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, North America) across the print and digital channels, and is now the brand’s Content Director.

An awarded wine writer and editor, she won several scholarships on the way to getting her WSET Diploma, and is a freeman of The Worshipful Company of Distillers. She has worked in wine publishing since 2003, including as Acting Editor of Wine International. Before her wine career she spent a decade as a newspaper journalist for broadsheets in London and Australia.

Regional Editor, Italy

James Button is Decanter’s regional editor for Italy, responsible for all of Decanter’s Italian content in print and online. Like many others, he started his wine career at Majestic Wine, giving him a strong grounding in the subject before successfully completing the WSET Level 4 Diploma in 2010.

From 2014 to 2016 he managed the fine wine department of a startup wine company in London, before joining Decanter as digital sub-editor.

Regional Editor, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa

Julie joined the Decanter team in 2018 and is Regional Editor for Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, as well as Spirits Editor. Before Decanter, she worked as managing editor of both Imbibe and Square Meal, was associate publisher of The Drinks Business, senior editor for drinks books at the Octopus Publishing Group and supplements editor at Harpers Wine & Spirit.

As a contributor, she has over 20 years’ experience writing about food, drink and travel for a wide range of consumer and trade titles, including Time Out, Condé Nast Traveller, Delicious, Waitrose Drinks, The Telegraph and The Sunday Times.