
Oz Clarke's phenomenal wine career began when he captained the wine-tasting team for Oxford University. The colourful character has since gone on to become one of the most familiar and highly esteemed celebrity figures of the wine world.
He has been the wine correspondent of The Daily Telegraph and written numerous books and guides on the subject, all received to notable critical acclaim and award. In addition to his work as a broadcaster Oz hosts many wine tastings throughout the year and produces his annual Wine Guide. He was awarded the Special Millennium Award by Le Prix du Champagne Lanson for his outstanding contribution to wine education and communication during the last ten years.
Oz is currently working on the television tie-in book for the third series of Oz and James' Big Wine Adventure, with James May of Top Gear fame. Oz lives in West London, where, when not writing about wine, he likes to avoid drinking altogether (except for the occasional pint of Fuller's ESB), playing any sport he can lay his hands on and dreaming wistfully of lying on a palm-fringed sandy beach somewhere near to the Equator.