Chrisopher Fielden, wine taster, writer, speaker and broadcaster

CHRISTOPHER FIELDEN

writer, broadcaster and speaker on wine.

Christopher joined the wine-trade from school almost forty-five years ago. Since then he has had a most varied career, which has taken him all over the world. This has included time spent selling spirits around the world (he introduced Irish whiskey to such diverse locations as Paraguay, Sierra Leone and Tahiti) and as sales director for a leading company in Burgundy. He has launched a number of leading wine-brands on the British market including Jacob’s Creek, from Australia, Marqués de Cáceres Riojas, Julián Chivite Navarras and Chantovent wines from the south of France.

He has been President of the national Wine & Spirit Association, Chairman of the West of England Wine & Spirit Association, Chairman of the Spanish Wine Importers and of the Sherry Shippers Association. He has been a Trustee of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust for two terms and has been on the committee of the Circle of Wine Writers. He is also a member of the Association of Wine Educators and of the Fédération Internationale des Journalistes et Ecrivains du Vin et Spiritueux. (FIJEV).

He has received wine awards in Britain, France, Spain and Canada.