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I’m Wink Lorch, wine writer, educator and editor. I live partly in London and partly in the French Alps, an hour from Geneva, and am a specialist in the wines of Jura and the French Alps. I am the author of three books.
Following successful funding on Kickstarter, in 2014 I wrote and self-published Jura Wine, the only book in English on the wines of the Jura, which won the best Drinks book in the André Simon Awards 2014. I followed up in 2024 with a companion volume, Jura Wine Ten Years On. In 2019, I published my comprehensive book on French Alpine wines: Wines of the French Alps: Savoie, Bugey and beyond, which won an OIV book prize. All of my books have been very well reviewed.
I have over 35 years of experience in presenting wine tastings and giving wine presentations to both professionals and wine lovers. I love to entertain groups about wine in a straight-forward, gently irreverent manner.
My second book, Wines of the French Alps: Savoie, Bugey and beyond, has now joined my first, Jura Wine, in winning a prestigious wine book award. Last month I learned that I had been awarded a prize from the Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et le Vin (OIV) in the category ‘Wines and Territories’; it… View more
I was devastated to learn that Béatrice Bernard of Le Cellier du Palais in Apremont, Savoie died suddenly earlier this week, very much too young. I had known her wines and tasted with her for several years. She was exceptionally kind to me; last year we enjoyed a couple of lunches out together and I… View more
An ebook is never the same as a printed one, especially when the original is highly illustrated, but there are some advantages. They are highly convenient when you are travelling, or when you are stuck somewhere away from your library, or as possibly now, you just cannot receive deliveries easily and safely. And, the hyperlinks… View more
