
Portrait in Jura Wine book Ā© Bill Mattos
Iām 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.
Following successful funding onĀ Kickstarter, in 2014 I wrote and self-published Jura Wine, the only book in English on the wines of the Jura, which won the award in the Drinks category for theĀ AndrĆ© Simon Awards 2014. I self-published my even bigger, long awaited second book, Wines of the French Alps: Savoie, Bugey and beyond in July 2019, part funded by another successful Kickstarter campaign. This book was awarded a prize in the ‘Wines and Territories’ category from the prestigious Orginisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin (OIV) and was shortlisted for the AndrĆ© Simon Awards 2019. I have been writing widely on both Jura and Savoie since 2004.
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.
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)
- In 2007 launched the online wine tourist website, Wine Travel Guides ā active until 2016.
- See full details on myĀ LinkedIn Profile.
- In 2011 Wink won the prize for āBest Wine Tourism Featureā in the inauguralĀ Born Digital Wine Awards.
- In 2012 launched a new blog,Ā Jura Wine, Food and Travel – I still update this occasionally.
- June 2014āMarch 2015 Acting Editor of the magazine at Wine-Searcher.com, the most visited wine information website int he world.
- July 2015āJanuary 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.
My Work today (click on each link for more details):
- Wine Writing ā I am a committee member of the Circle of Wine WritersĀ and contribute to various wine magazines and books.
- Wink TalksĀ ā I love to present talks and wine tastings for corporate and social groups. I was a founder of theĀ Association of Wine Educators.
- Wine TravelĀ ā I am happy to lead tours in my specialist wine areas or advise on various wine tourism activities.
- Social Media for WineĀ ā You will find me regularly on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
- Get in touch with meĀ about any of the above.
- ConnectĀ with me onĀ LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
FOR PR PROFESSIONALS:
MY SAMPLES AND HOSPITALITY POLICY
- There is no point sending me wine samples for review as I donāt review wines on this blog ā 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 āplacedā articles. All articles on this blog or my Jura Wine blog are written by me.
Contact Wink preferably by emailĀ or telephone on +44 7785 555705.