one of only 300 Masters of Wine in the world... I'm on a mission...
to make wine simple.
John is one of the few wine experts who, when in full flow, doesn’t have me reaching for a wine bottle to smash over his head - Adrian Chiles, TV Presenter.
What I Do
If you think wine is all about bow ties, monocles, musty cellars and wine snobs, think again. I serve up a no nonsense, fresh and fun approach to make wine simple to understand and easy to enjoy.
Corporate Entertainment
Wine Events & Conferences
Keynote & After Dinner Speaking
Team Building & Motivation Events
Television & Radio
BBC, Sky, CNN, CNBC, BBC FiveLive,
Radio 2 and Radio 4
Writing & Journalism
Newspapers, Magazines & Online
Wine Consultancy
I help hotels, restaurants, airlines and cruise lines
make the right wine choice to add value and enhance
client enjoyment.
Wine Courses
I run the wine courses at Gordon Ramsay's Culinary
Academy helping the new generation of international chefs
crack the wine code.
To John, wine is a way of life and there's nothing he doesn't know about posh plonk - Julia Bradbury, TV Presenter.
LATE HARVEST AUSSIE WINE; APPLE, ORANGE, MUSCAT & FLORA.
TOP AUSSIE SWEETIE LIFTS APPLE MACAROOOOOOOOOONS. With the Apple Macarons, John recommends ……………… LATE HARVEST ORANGE MUSCAT AND FLORA 2012. Brown Brothers. (£ 7.75 for 37,5 cl. at Morrison’ s). Can you remember the first bottle of wine you bought? Mine was Mateus Rose [...]
Read PostTHREE WINES. FIND YOUR RHONE WAY!
FRANCE’S RHONE VALLEY FOR RED, WHITE AND ROSE! I was asked to match a crispy salmon dish at a corporate wine event and shocked my client by throwing the old fashioned food matching rules out of the [...]
Read PostGOOD BURGUNDY VIN VIVOUT A SECOND MORTGAGE.
BURGUNDY? GO SOUTH FOR WINE VALUE! With the Smoked Haddock & Black Pudding Risotto, John recommends ……………… SAINT-VERAN 2010, BLASON DE BOURGOGNE. (£10.99, Sainsbury’s, Tesco & Waitrose). The trouble with Burgundy is that you can spend a fortune and still be disappointed but, you don’t have [...]
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