VIctoria daskal
Victoria Daskal is a wine writer, educator and consultant with over 15 years in the wine industry. A regular contributor to leading wine publications, such as Decanter, she judges international wine competitions and advises global emerging brands.
Olga Salazar
Olga Salazar is a London-based wine professional originally from Coahuila, Mexico—one of the country’s oldest wine regions, with winemaking roots dating back to 1597.
Asieh Hagh Shenas
Born in Persia, I come from a culture deeply rooted in the verses of Hafez (the poet), the Maysara (house of wine), the Saghi; a revered figure who poured wine with spiritual intention, and the ancient, ungrafted vineyards nestled in the Zagros Mountains. Wine has always been more than a drink: it's a symbol of resiliency, art, divinity, and immortality.
Simon Hardy
Switzerland. Simon Hardy is a British / Swiss dual national based in London where he champions the wines of Switzerland and organises Swiss Wine Week London for Swiss Wine Promotion. He is the founder of Fitting Wines, a wine consultancy based originally in Switzerland, and co-founder of Alpina Vina.
Rosa Kruger
South Africa. Rosa Kruger has been a consultant vineyard manager for over 20 years, specialising in designing new vineyard sites and managing existing vineyards to produce exceptional quality wines. Her passion for viticulture has taken her to some of the world’s most fascinating vineyards, allowing her to stay at the forefront of viticultural innovation.
Ana Sofia Oliveira
Ana Sofia Oliveira, Portugal
Ana Sofia Oliveira has been working in wine marketing and communication since 2004, when she moved from Paris to Lisbon. Her studies in Intercultural Communication gave her the skills to work with different cultures and professional environments, which have proved very useful throughout her career.
Magdalena Kaiser
Canada: Magdalena is a wine marketer and PR based in Niagara’s wine country. She’s worked in wine, tourism and culinary communication for 40years+ and is a candidate in the Masters of Wine program.
Elizabeth Hecker
Catalyna & USA: Elizabeth is the author of Ethos Priorat, she is a photographer and designer. She divides her time between Spain and her native USA. She has long held a curiosity about the relationship of people and their vines and
discovered her affinity for the virtues of old
vines in the Priorat which is a subject that features in abundance in her debut book.
Anna Harris-Noble
Spain. Anna has been working in the wine industry in Spain and the UK for over 20 years, including a period heading up the UK Wines from Rioja account. She has carried out translation and marketing projects for some of Spain’s most important wine companies. She is a fluent Spanish speaker and WSET-certified educator.
Amanda Barnes
South America. Amanda has been living amongst the wine regions of South America since 2009 and is author of The South America Wine Guide as well as contributing regularly to Decanter among other wine and travel publications. She is an advocate for the old Criolla vines and wine regions of Latin America and won the Geoffrey Roberts Award in 2019 for her work there.
Lilla O’Connor
Carpathian Region. Lilla has been instrumental in re-establishing the presence of quality Hungarian wines in the UK and she is an advocate for the importance of old vine heritage in Hungary and other countries in the Carpathian region.
Jane Anson
France. Jane Anson has lived in Bordeaux since 2003 and is author of Inside Bordeaux (BB&R Publishing 2020, called a 'category buster' by Wine Anorak and 'the Bordeaux bible' by Le Figaro), Wine Revolution (Quarto 2017)…
Louise Hurren
France. Louise Hurren is a wine communicator based in the south of France, where she has lived since 2002. She began her career in marketing communications in Paris, before moving back to London to work in advertising and PR roles.
Michele Shah
Italy. Michèle Shah has championed and promoted Italian wines for more than 30 years.
Yiannis Karakasis
Greece. Yiannis Karakasis MW is a Master of Wine based in Athens, Greece. He writes, consults and educates on wine.
Umay Çeviker
Turkey. Umay is a tenacious advocate for Turkey’s defiantly ancient wine culture. In 2015 he won the Geoffrey Roberts Award.