Celebrity Experts
There will be a host of celebrity experts at The Wine Show with Oz Clarke, Tim Atkin and Rob Buckhaven.
Oz Clarke
Oz is a prolific writer and endlessly popular both in print and in personal appearances. Breaking new ground with his Webster’s Wine Guide (now published annually as Oz Clarke’s Wine Guide) he has won all the major wine writing awards both in the UK and the USA, including the Glenfiddich (three times), André Simon, Wine Guild (three times), James Beard, Julia Child, World Food Media and Lanson (five times) awards; and more recently the prestigious International Wine & Spirit Competition International Drinks Communicator of the Year Award in 2006 and the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers' Award for his book, Bordeaux in 2009. In 1999 he won the Lanson Special Millennium Award for his outstanding contribution to wine communication and education.
His TV appearances have made Oz a household name. The phenomenally successful Oz and James' Big Wine Adventure, pairing Oz with James May of Top Gear, broadcast on BBC2, was followed by two further series, the most recent of which was shown on BBC 2 on Tuesday nights entitled Oz and James Drink to Britain. The series has won numerous awards including a TRIC award. The tie-in book won best wine education book at the World Gourmand Cookbook Awards in Feb 2010.
Having boosted James’ knowledge of wine, Oz has found himself a new apprentice in the form of Hugh Dennis. Hugh joined Oz for a BBC primetime Christmas special entitled Oz and Hugh Drink to Christmas. The show was a huge ratings success and a full series has been commissioned to be filmed in the summer due for broadcast in Autumn 2010 on BBC 2 primetime.
Throughout the year Oz hosts wine tastings and is in popular demand at the BBC Good Food Show in Birmingham and The Wine Show in London, which he appears at annually.
With such endless acclaim throughout the wine industry, Oz has now developed the Connoisseur range of openers, makers and shakers - drinks related products that bear his name.
For Oz Clarke's full biography click here.
Tim Atkin
Tim Atkin MW is one of Britain’s leading wine writers. He is the wine critic of The Times' The Table supplement, where he appears every Thursday, and Wine Editor at Large of Off Licence News. He also writes for Decanter, Woman and Home, The World of Fine Wine, The Economist’s Intelligent Life and Jamie Magazine and appears regularly as a wine expert on BBC One’s Saturday Kitchen.
Tim is the winner of many awards, including the Glenfiddich Wine Writer Award in 1988, 1990, 1993, 2004 and 2006 and the Wine Guild of the United Kingdom's Wine Columnist of the Year in 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1996. In 1994, he was the first recipient of the Wines of France Award. The following year he was the co-winner of The Bunch Award, described by Auberon Waugh as the ‘Booker Prize of wine writing’, and the winner of the Waterford Crystal Wine Correspondent of the Year Award. In 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2004 he was named Lanson Wine Writer of the Year. Also in 2002, he was highly commended in the PPA Editor of the Year (Business and Professional Magazines) category for his work in transforming Harpers, the UK trade magazine he edited between 2000 and 2003. In 2005 he won the inaugural Wines of Portugal Award. In 2007 he was named Communicator of the Year by the International Wine & Spirit Competition and Best Drink Journalist in the World Food Media Awards.
In 2009 he was highly commended in the Columnist of the Year (Business Media) category in the PPA Awards and named Louis Roederer International Wine Columnist of the Year for his articles in The Observer, OLN and Intelligent Life.
For Tim Atkin's full biography click here.
Susy Atkins
Susy Atkins is an author and broadcaster well known for her ability to communicate a traditional subject in a modern, lively manner. She is the weekly wine columnist for the Sunday Telegraph Stella Magazine, and wine editor of Delicious Magazine, as well as appearing regularly on BBC1's Saturday Kitchen as a wine expert. She was awarded the prestigious Communicator of the Year award in 2004 by the International Wine & Spirits Competition.
A Cambridge University graduate, she started her career as a journalist at WINE Magazine and discovered more about wine while working 'hands-on' at a winery in South Australia during the 1994 vintage. On her return, she became co-editor of the award-winning Which? Wine Guide for several years from the mid-nineties to date, and has written many articles on wine, food and restaurants for Which?, Decanter, BBC Good Food, The Daily Express magazine, Time Out, Eve, and several national newspapers.
For Susy Atkins' full biography, click here.
Rob Buckhaven
Rob's passion lies in communicating wine both in print and on TV. He appears regularly as a Wine Expert on UKTVs Market Kitchen and most recently, he appeared on BBC's Something for the Weekend.
Rob began working in the wine trade soon after graduating from Leeds University and has worked for a number of high profile companies including Adnams Wine, Bibendum Wine and Tesco.
Rob soon realised there was an important gap in the market and he set up the award-winning wine website lovethatwine.co.uk in conjunction with Thierry's Wine Services, which offers everyday wine drinkers the chance to write their own reviews on the wines they are quaffing.
Rob is currently writing a book on Wine and Dating (two subjects close to his heart!) and he writes a monthly wine column for Balance Life magazine. Rob will be hosting sessions at the London Wine Show in October 2010 and will be appearing on ITV Daytime's new show The Michael Ball Show as their wine expert.
For Rob Buckhaven's full biography click here.
