Keith Grainger MA Ed  

Areas of speciality:

Tutored Tastings

Corporate entertainment

Travel

Residential weekends

Lectures

Consultancy

 

Keith is a very experienced and hugely popular wine tutor and presenter. He was one of the founder members of the Association of Wine Educators.

His style is lighthearted, humorous and sometimes irreverent. He is always in high demand for tutored tastings for wine societies and corporate clients who are often amazed at the amount of information presented so passionately in such an entertaining manner. However, Keith is also well qualified in matters of education, including a Masters that involved research into aspects of quality and learning environments in adult education and training.

He is particularly knowledgeable about the wines of Bordeaux, Burgundy, Germany and South Africa.  He leads tour groups of trade and consumers to these vineyard regions, again with the accent on education, enjoyment and cultural experience.

He is author of Grapewine - the first structured distance learning wine course.  His books include  ‘Wine Production – Vine to Bottle’ (co-author Hazel Tattersall) and ‘Wine Quality – Tasting and Selection’, which won the Gourmand Award for Best Wine Education Book in the World.  Keith travels extensively throughout the old and new worlds and is consultant winemaker at Château  St Hilarion in Cyprus and the Turkmen Winery at Karakoç in Thrace.