Expert judging for wine and spirits awards & cocktail competitions
Searching for impartial expertise to evaluate and recognize excellence in the world of beverages? Mister Negroni offers professional judging services for awards and competitions, delivering unbiased assessments for spirits, cocktails, and wines.
Why choose Mister Negroni?
With over 35 competitions and awards under the belt Mister Negroni, also known as Yannick Van Dyck, is Belgium’s most seasoned competition judge for cocktails and spirits. He’s trained in professional tasting methods (like BICAF) so he doesn’t need to rely on personal preference.
Expert judging & tasting services:
My professional tasting expertise brings an impartial approach to evaluating drinks, ensuring competitions and awards are judged with precision and without any bias. With over 35 competitions judged in 12 countries, I offer a global perspective and industry standards to every competition or award event, based on criteria such as balance, intensity, complexity, and flavor longevity.
Comprehensive event support:
Beyond judging, I provide end-to-end competition support ensuring your event’s success; from setting up scoring criteria and challenges to media coverage and PR services. My services also include competitor coaching to enhance performance and presentation skills.
Example cases
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Nikka Perfect Serve judging (Brussels)
Japanse premium whisky brand Nikka hired me to judge their Perfect Serve Competition. It’s a bartending competition that’s focussed on…
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Cointreau cocktail competition judging (Antwerp)
After a kick-off party in Paris, Cointreau celebrated it’s 170th birthday locally with a cocktail competition. Together with Paul Morel…
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The Alchemist Experience international judging (6 countries)
For this amazing project I got to judge the local finals of 6 different countries, plus the global finals afterwards.
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London Gin Awards spirits judging (London)
I was invited to be a judge for the London Gin awards, a spirits competition to crown the best gins…
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Rémy Martin cocktail competition BENELUX finals judging (Antwerp)
After judging the Belgian finals of this competition, I was also hired to judge the next round; the Benelux finals…
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Clairin Cocktail Competition judging (Antwerp)
Clairin is a little known style of spirit, but I absolutely love it! You could consider it as a type…
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Tio Pepe Cocktail Competition judging (Antwerp)
A few years after my first sherry cocktail competition judging, Spain’s most famous sherry brand asked me to judge be…
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Moutai Baijiu Cocktail Competition judging (Ghent)
I’m honored to be hired by the most valuable spirits company in the world, Kweichow Moutai, to judge their cocktail…
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Rhum Clément Ti Punch Cup judging & reporting (Antwerp)
Besides judging this competition I also wrote an article about the Ti Punch Cup for njam!.
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Gold Gin cocktail competition judging (Antwerp)
Gold 999.9 Gin’s Belgian distributor Alcobrands hired me for the Spanish gin’s first ever cocktail competition in Belgium.
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