Anna Harris-Noble
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Anna Harris-Noble
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. A fluent Spanish speaker and WSET-certified educator, she translated Fernando Mora’s Master of Wine research paper about vineyard classification systems in the DO Campo de Borja into English and had her article about the winemaker's work recovering an ancient vineyard published on jancisrobinson.com
As well as working as a PR consultant for tasteexchange.com, she writes for spanishwinelover.com and foodswinesfromspain.com
Born in the UK, but now with dual Spanish-British citizenship, Anna thought her love for Spanish wine stemmed from her time living next to a winery in Navarra as part of her languages degree, but she has discovered that some of her ancestors had vineyards in the Toledo area over 500 years ago.
“I’ve heard many tales of Spain’s ancient vines being abandoned or grubbed up as they are no longer considered viable. Home to some of the world’s oldest vineyards – such as Pago Macharnudo in Jerez, which is thought to have been cultivated for over 3,000 years – I want to tell the stories behind Spain’s old vine heritage to ensure that it is valued and preserved for future generations.”