Jan Schwarzenbach MW graduated in Viticulture from Charles Sturt University in 2001 and in Oenology from the University of Adelaide in 2003. He then worked in wineries in Australia and Switzerland, before starting a career in wine retail. After having worked for four years in specialist wine retail and teaching courses at the WSET accredited Academie du Vin wine school in Switzerland, he started to work for Coop, where he is responsible for the en primeur sales of Bordeaux, Burgundy and Rhône and the online wine club Mondovino.