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 Vivienne has an MA in French and German. Her background in food buying for a
major retailer, led her to develop an interest in wine. This interest grew into
what has now become her passion. She has an enthusiastic approach to informative
tastings for wine clubs, restaurants and hotels as well as running informal
events for private and corporate clients.
Vivienne has travelled widely throughout the world's wine regions, and she
particularly enjoys sharing her fascination with the lesser-known European wines
from Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Hungary. Other favourite European
wine countries include Italy, Spain and Portugal. Her visits to South Africa,
Australia, New Zealand, North and South
America have enabled her to keep on top of
emerging wine trends in the New World.
Vivienne regularly judges for The International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC)
and The International Wine Challenge (IWC). She has recently become a Wine Guide
for Arblaster and Clarke Wine Tours.
Although Vivienne is an occasional freelance writer for
www.wine-pages.com,
her preferred means of communication is talking to people and teaching them
tasting skills and wine appreciation.
Vivienne is an Approved Programme Provider for the Wine and Spirit Education
Trust and also teaches for the WSET® School from Foundation to Diploma level.
She develops and teaches courses for consumers and runs tastings for The Wine
Education Service.
www.wine-education-service.co.uk. and for
Leiths School of Food and Wine and Kings College, London. |
