Diana Thompson is based in Edinburgh and writes the wine column for The Sunday Post – Scotland’s most read Sunday paper as well as other local publications including Spotlight Magazine. She contributes to various digital food and drink online platforms such as Tom’s Food!
With over 30 years’ experience in the wine industry Diana has worked with various international companies and now runs Wine Events Scotland.
Winner of The People’s Choice Awards Drinks Communicator of the Year 2024, Diana organises and presents at numerous trade and consumer events in Scotland. She is on a mission to bring more trade events to Scotland and works closely with sommeliers encouraging them to be seen as key players in the industry. This year four of the Sommelier Edit Top 10 were from Scotland.