Carolyn Bosworth-Davies

Areas of speciality:

Consumer courses at the Blackheath Conservatoire of Music & Arts - www.conservatoire.org.uk

Corporate Entertainment

Lectures

Tastings

Wine Consultancy;

wine list design

for restaurants;

Wine Editor, ‘City

to Cities’ magazine.

Carolyn has worked in all aspects of the wine trade. Starting in 1980, she worked for Edward Butler Vintners, a sherry company. Learning much about the region of Jerez, Carolyn became a sherry enthusiast. Later she moved to City Vintagers, an Independent Wine Merchant. Here she learnt her trade marketing wines, later becoming a sales representative, covering South East London, Kent and Sussex.

In 1988, Carolyn went freelance, managing to combine her love of wines at the same time as raising a family. During this time she began to write for a number of consumer magazines in the South East. In 1994 she launched her own wine appreciation courses at the Blackheath Conservatoire, where her courses are delivered in an informed but relaxed style. These courses have become extremely popular in South East London, and now Carolyn also runs two wine clubs at the Conservatoire.

Carolyn is happy to talk on any wine-related subject, but through her travel experience, she does have several key areas of speciality (as listed on the right). She is happy to present to wine societies or clubs, and she undertakes tailor-made presentations to corporate companies, supermarket groups or generic bodies.

Carolyn has been a member of AWE since 1997 and served as its Chairman from 2000 to 2005. She also lectures at Leiths Food and Wine school and judges both at the International Wine and Spirit Competition( IWSC) and the Wine International Challenge (IWC).