Paz Levinson appointed DWWA Resident Co-Chair for 2027

Appointment for DWWA 2027

Paz Levinson has been appointed Resident Co-Chair of the 2027 Decanter World Wine Awards. The position, introduced in 2026, is a one-year appointment assigned to a different Regional Chair each year. Levinson succeeds Caro Maurer MW, the inaugural holder of the role.¹

Regine Lee MW and Eduardo Milan will serve as Acting Regional Chairs, jointly leading the Argentina and rest of South America sections at DWWA 2027. Levinson brings experience as a sommelier, knowledge of South American and French wines, and a longstanding involvement with the competition.¹

Career in wine and hospitality

Levinson is Executive Head Sommelier, or Cheffe Sommelière Exécutive, at Maison Pic. She also works as a restaurant consultant and teaches for organizations including Wines of Argentina.¹

She began her wine career in Argentina and served as head sommelier at several leading restaurants, among them Restó. In 2006, she received her professional sommelier diploma from the Centro Argentino de Vinos y Espirituosas (CAVE), where she subsequently taught for five years. She also completed a BA in Literature and became the first Argentine to pass the Court of Master Sommeliers’ Advanced Sommelier certificate.¹

After moving to France, Levinson worked with Marco Pelletier at the three-Michelin-star restaurant of Hotel Le Bristol in Paris before joining Maison Pic. She has also contributed writing to publications and websites including GuildSomm.¹

Sommelier awards

The Argentinean Association of Sommeliers named Levinson Best Sommelier of Argentina in both 2010 and 2014. She won the ASI & APAS Best Sommelier of the Americas competition in 2015 and placed fourth at the ASI Best Sommelier of the World competition held in Mendoza in 2016.¹