Henry Jeffreys worked in the wine trade and publishing before becoming a writer. He's appeared on BBC radio and television, is a wine expert for BBC Good Food and edits the Master of Malt whisky blog as well as contributing to numerous other publications. He won Fortnum & Mason Drink Writer of the Year 2022/23 and is the author of three books: Empire of Booze, The Home Bar, and The Cocktail Dictionary. He's currently working on a book about English wine called Vines in a Cold Climate to be published summer 2023.