Lisa was knighted by the French government (Order Mérite Agricole) for her contribution to French agriculture, namely the development of the French Wine Scholar Program. She oversees all WSG educational programming. She served as Education Director of the SWE before assuming the same role for WSG. She sat on the Board of Directors for the Society of Wine Educators from 1998-2004 and co-chaired the committee which launched their Certified Specialist of Wine program and authored and edited the first CSW Study Guide. Airey, FWS, CWE has thirteen years of experience selling wine at the wholesale level and in training both sales force and wait staff. He is the Co-Chair of the Decanter World Wine Awards, the world's largest wine competition.Īs WSG Academic Advisor, Jefford provides strategic advice on WSG development plans, educational and editorial content, and acts as a liaison with key wine creators and commentators. He continues to write a regular monthly column for Decanter magazine and to write the 'One Bottle' column for the quarterly World of Fine Wine he also acts as Contributing Editor for both journals. A collection of his writings on wine, called Drinking with the Valkyries, was published in 2022. 2018 saw a new edition of Andrew Jefford’s Wine Course (first published in 2008 and in print ever since), while his acclaimed 2004 classic on the Hebridean island of Islay and its whiskies was republished in 2019, after sixteen successive reprints, as Whisky Island. He spent 2009-2010 as wine writer in residence at the University of Adelaide in South Australia. His book The New France(2002) was 'Wine Book of the Year' at the Lanson Awards in 2003, and still serves as a seminal reference for both wine enthusiasts and professionals. He has also written on wine for The Times and The Guardian, and deputised for Jancis Robinson MW at The Financial Times every August between 20. Throughout the 1990s, he was drinks correspondent for The Evening Standard. In 2019, Julien was one of the "Future 50" award winners, an award created by WSET and IWSC to acknowledge professionals under 40 who have made a significant contribution to the industry.Īndrew Jefford grew up in Norfolk, UK and his joint passion for wine and writing led him to write articles and books on wine from 1988 onwards. Julien holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration with a major in International Marketing from the Strasbourg Management School. Since leaving the embassy, he has devoted his energy to developing the Wine Scholar Guild and its network of program providers around the globe. Julien invited national importers of French wine to join WSG as Industry Members and immediately received the support of 25 key French wine importers. He founded the Wine Scholar Guild, an organization dedicated to the promotion of the wines of France, Italy and Spain through education, in August of 2005. In this role, he recognized the need for French wine education as a means to spur consumer demand and interest in his country’s wines. Julien previously worked as Trade Attaché for wines and spirits at the French Embassy in Washington DC.
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