Leading UK Critics

Dr Jamie Goode, thewineanorak.com (JG) - Jamie Goode is a London-based winewriter who is currently wine columnist with UK national newspaper The Sunday Express. He won the 2007 Glenfiddich Wine Writer of the year award, and contributes regularly to a range of publications including World of Fine Wine, Wine Business International, Wines and Vines, Hong Kong Tatler, Sommelier Journal and Decanter. His first book, Wine Science, won the Glenfiddich Award for Drinks Book in 2006. His wine blog at www.wineanorak.com is one of the world's most respected, and most visited, wine blogs.

Chris Kissack, thewinedoctor.com (CK) - www.thewinedoctor.com is a fantastic resource for any wine lover, especially those interested in Bordeaux. Author Chris Kissack is an authority on the wines of Bordeaux and the Loire and a judge at the Decanter World Wine Awards. As well as exceptionally detailed wine reviews, this free website contains fascinatingly detailed historical profiles of most of the top Chateaus in Bordeaux and a number other top wineries in Europe. We include links to many of these winery profiles on our website.

Tim Atkin MW (TA) - Tim Atkin MW is an award winning UK wine journalist with an international following. He is the Wine Editor at Large of Off Licence News and wine columnist for Woman and Home. He also writes for The World of Fine Wine and The Economist's Intelligent Life and appears regularly as a wine expert on BBC One's Saturday Kitchen. Tim is a multiple winner of the Glenfiddich Wine Writer Award, the UK Wine Guild Wine Columnist of the Year Award and numerous other awards, most recently Louis Roederer Wine Columnist of the Year 2011. As co-chairman of the International Wine Challenge, he is in high demand as an international wine tasting judge. His website – www.timatkin.com – is informative, witty.. and free!

Tom Cannavan (TC) - Wine writer and broadcaster Tom Cannavan was a pioneer of wine on the Internet when he launched wine-pages.com in 1995. In 2008 he was awarded the trophy as Louis Roederer International Online Wine Writer of the Year. He has carved a reputation in print too: he writes regularly for publications including Decanter and the World of Fine Wine and he frequently appears as guest wine expert on BBC radio Scotland. Tom has written or contributed to 10 wine books, including the annual Wine Report, the Which? Wine Guide and the Good Web Guide to Wine. An experienced international wine judge, Tom judges some of the world's most prestigious wine competitions on three continents. You can visit his website at www.wine-pages.com

The Winegang (WG) - the Wine Gang is five of the UK's most respected wine critics - Tom Cannavan of wine-pages.com, Jane Parkinson of janeparkinson.com, Anthony Rose of The Independent, Joanna Simon of House & Garden and David Williams of The Observer and World of Fine Wine. Every month they taste thousands of wines but with the limited space given to wine in the press, this valuable information never reaches the consumer. Hence they came together in a new UK website which publishes 200 wine reviews every month.

Subscriptions cost just £19.99 per annum – go to www.thewinegang.com

Matthew Jukes (MJ) - wine buyer at Bibendum restaurant in London, is an acclaimed popular wine writer – author of the wine column in the Daily Mail and writer of the annual best selling Wine List, showcasing his top 250 wine picks of each year. His writing style is deliberately entertaining, accessible and jargon free. His annual Top 100 Australian Wines is always a must read for the industry – go to www.matthewjukes.com