New Zealander Chris Scott first came into contact with the wine industry as a student in the 1990s winter pruning in Canterbury in New Zealand's South Island. He graduated with a first class honours degree in engineering and left the vineyards behind him to work overseas. Chris moved to England in 2001. In 2002 he began studying wine with the Wine & Spirit Education Trust and in the same year set up ThirtyFifty, the wine tasting company. Chris now heads up a team of 12 wine tasters across...
Aged 18, fresh out of school and with little more than surfing on his mind, Matt landed a job at his local wine shop in order to make ends meet. Little did he know that he'd soon discover an insatiable passion and fascination for wine that would eventually see him writing about it, teaching it - and a decade later – becoming an internationally recognised wine expert. Matt has both a refreshing take on the industry and a knack for making wine simple. His first book Thirsty Work sold into a staggering...