WSET Level 4 Diploma. Prizes awarded: The Champagne Prize 2013; The Wine Trade Club Paten Prize 2014

Master of Wine student, 2013-19, passed MW Theory 2015. Prizes awarded included the AXA Millésimes scholarship and the New Zealand Family of Twelve prize.
University of Oxford MA and DPhil, Durham University BA

Researcher and writer of study materials for the , the world’s largest provider of wine education. Our distinctive role is to explain with authority, drawing on reliable sources and the best contemporary knowledge and understanding. Since 2015 I have worked on the top-level qualification, the Diploma, as one of the two principal writers of the completely rewritten Diploma study guide, launched in 2019. This was a massive project running to 400,000 words. I researched Italy for this project and, with the help of many other experts, also wrote the unit on Sparkling Wine, plus the sections on Italy, France, South Africa and China. I also contributed to the Wine Production unit and the section on New Zealand. In addition, I took many of the photos that appear in that study guide, as well as those on this website. It has been a remarkable journey of discovery, learning and enjoyment.

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