Born in Cumbria, she developed a taste for wine whilst studying at St.
Anne's College, Oxford University and has subsequently became the
world's "wittiest wine writer" (Robert M. Parker) and arguably its most
important.
She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Broadcasting and Journalism.
Writer and Broadcaster on Wine in Hampstead, London, England. (aprile 2009)
