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Wink Lorch

Portrait in Jura Wine book © Bill Mattos

I’m Wink Lorch, wine writer, educator and editor. I live partly in London and partly in the French Alps, one hour from Geneva, and am a specialist in the wines of Jura and the French Alps. I have written and self-published three books on these regions and have been writing widely on them since 2004.

Jura Wine, published in 2014 as, at the time, the only book in English on the wines of the Jura. It won the award in the Drinks category for the André Simon Awards 2014.

My even bigger, second book, Wines of the French Alps: Savoie, Bugey and beyond emerged in July 2019 and was awarded a prize in the ‘Wines and Territories’ category from the prestigious Orginisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin (OIV), plus it was shortlisted for the André Simon Awards 2019.

My third book, Jura Wine Ten Years On, published in September 2024, is a companion volume to Jura Wine, and address the many changes in the region over the pregious decade.

Publication of all my books were part funded by successful Kickstarter campaigns. My books are distributed direct to consumers by the prestigious London publishing house, the Academie du Vin Library.

Posts on this blog include articles on wine, travels, and occasionally personal articles. You will also find pages and links for the different wine communication aspects of my work.

You can also support me, by buying the ePub (for iPhone etc) versions of my books directly from this website… if you have to use Kindle, then you know where to go.

I am a committee member of the Circle of Wine Writers, and a founder member of the Association of Wine Educators.

My Background:

  • Worked in the UK Wine Trade from 1979
  • Achieved WSET Diploma with Honours and passed the Theoretical part of the Master of Wine Qualification
  • Own business selling wine directly
  • In 1987 became a freelance wine communicator, writing, teaching on wine and working with wine book publishers
  • From 1998 divides time between UK and French Alps (now an almost fluent French speaker)
  • 2007 launched the online wine tourist website, Wine Travel Guides – active until 2016.
  • See full details on my LinkedIn Profile.
  • 2011 Wink won the prize for ‘Best Wine Tourism Feature’ in the inaugural Born Digital Wine Awards.
  • 2012 launched a new blog, Jura Wine, Food and Travel – I still update this occasionally.
  • 2014 published Jura Wine, with local food and travel tips.
  • June 2014–March 2015 Acting Editor of the magazine at Wine-Searcher.com, the most visited wine information website int he world.
  • July 2015–January 2017 Editor of Circle Update, the magazine for the Circle of Wine Writers.
  • Shortlisted in the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards for Online Commuicator of the Year 2017.
  • 2019 published Wines of the French Alps, Savoie, Bugey and beyond.
  • 2024 published Jura Wine Ten Years On.

Wink Lorch wine writing awardMy Work today (click on each link for more details):

FOR PR PROFESSIONALS:
MY SAMPLES AND HOSPITALITY POLICY

  • There is no point sending me wine samples for review as I don’t review wines on this blog – I will get in touch if I need samples for specific articles.
  • Do send me press releases about wine or wine tourism, only by email please with small attachments.
  • If you want to invite me to visit a wine region, I may be interested in wrting about it on this blog or elsewhere. I cannot guarantee a favourable review and I will always declare that the hospitality has been provided.
  • I do not accept ‘placed’ articles. All articles on this blog or my Jura Wine blog are written by me.

Contact Wink preferably by email or telephone on +44 7785 555705.

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