Coming up/out now: Articles
Stylist: Gourmet-on-the-go wine choice (weekly)
Christie’s International Real Estate Magazine: West Coast US wine tour
Men’s Health: Supermarket sommelier
Brides magazine: English fizz to celebrate with…
Square Meal: Top notch Australian Pinot Noir
Tesco Magazine: The best wines for seasonal foods
Restaurant Magazine: Spanish whites
Square Meal: Around the [Champagne] Houses

Coming up: In Person
March – June – Sherry Nights at Camino, London
April – Judging, Decanter World Wine Awards
May – Judging, Copa Jerez UK final
June – Vinho Verde masterclasses (trade only)
June – Judging, What Food? What Wine?
July – Imbibe Live!
August – Judging, Quality Drink Awards
November – The Wine Gang Christmas Fairs in Bath, London & Edinburgh

A bit of a background…
Above everything else I suppose you’d call me a drinks lover. I just happen to write about it and talk about it for a living. And usually on wine.

I have a few regular gigs – wine editor of Restaurant magazine, wine columnist for Stylist, Men’s Health and Tesco Magazine, plus I’m one of The Wine Gang. But I write for anyone and everyone, from the FT’s How To Spend It to Decanter. I like to talk about my favourite subject too, so I also host events – tastings, courses, masterclasses – whatever people ask of me, and I frequently judge in wine competitions too.

In the past I’ve worked full-time for three drinks magazines, and it was during my time in my last permanent role, at The Drinks Business, I was awarded the Chairman’s Award at the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards for “rising rocket-like” through the world of wine writing (for various Champagne articles in 2009), but before TDB I wrote for Wine & Spirit, and in the very beginning, for Wine International.

I brought this website to life a couple of years ago when I went freelance, prior to which I spent three brilliant months working at a winery in McLaren Vale, South Australia. I’d planned on working an entire harvest there but the cool summer (by their standards), meant I only caught the first few glimpses of harvest, but at least it was long enough to create Lady Jane Shiraz!

3rd April 2012, LJ Shiraz about to go under scrutiny in the lab

So, I hope you enjoy clicking through my site, and if you want to get in touch about articles or asking me to do anything in person, please drop me a line or get in touch with my lovely agent Anne Kibel.