Meet the Member

When Rosemary George passed her MW in 1979, there were few women who had earned the esteemed title beforehand. At the time of studying, she had no idea she would go on to author 13 wine books (and counting) on countries and regions as diverse as New Zealand and Chablis, or topics as broad as Wine and wine-based cocktails. Today Rosemary is one of the leading writers and communicators on the wines ...

From drinking corked Chardonnay with his father to selecting fine wines and caviar for a Russian oligarch, Douglas Blyde shares his interesting path into the world of wine. Today Blyde is perhaps best known for his regular drinks column at the Evening Standard and as Editor of London's Wine List Confidential but, as he divulges in this interview, his day-to-day workload is far more diverse and see...

Stephen Brook is a renowned wine writer whose expertise lies on either side of the Atlantic, in European wine regions and in the US. Brook has authored almost 40 books in his career to date that span the wine and travel genres and is a contributing editor at Decanter. Amanda Barnes interviews him to find out more about his thoughts on publishing, his favourite wine regions at the moment, and why w...