Date an MW: 2009
Based in: UK
Profession: Wine Educator,Journalist,Author
"Studying for the MW is like climbing an extremely high and unspeakably steep mountain in driving snow with a jeroboam in your back-pack. But just like climbing a mountain, when you reach the top the feeling of elation and relief that you've made it (and remembered your cork-screw) is worth every second of the journey."
Self-employed
Hampshire
United Kingdom
Susie Barrie is a wine writer and broadcaster. She regularly appears on Saturday Kitchen (BBC1) with other television and radio credits including Daily Cooks (ITV), Great Food Live (UKTV Food), BBC Radio Two, London's LBC Radio and BBC Radio Scotland. She is the author of Mitchell Beazley's Wine Made Easy 'Champagne and Sparkling Wines', and Discovering Wine Country- Northern Spain. As well as writing for magazines such as Decanter and The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Susie lectures, judges international wine competitions, and hosts tastings. She and her wine-writing husband Peter Richards are co-founders of the newly established Winchester Wine School.