Henry Jeffreys worked in the wine trade and publishing before becoming a writer. He’s a contributor to BBC Good Food, The Guardian, Harpers Wine & Spirit, and Spectator, wine columnist for The Critic magazine, and has appeared on radio, TV and The Rest is History podcast. He won Fortnum & Mason Drink Writer of the Year in 2022 and is the author of four books including Empire of Booze and Vines in a Cold Climate, which was shortlisted for the James Beard awards and won Fortnum & Mason drink book of the year.