Pip Martin

Pip Martin is the founder of The Wine Adventure. He began his career in wine as a Manager in Harrods Wine Department where he looked after the wine department team and travelled around the UK running wine tastings for private clients.

After Harrods, Pip went on to become Corporate Events Manager at Richard Branson's online wine merchant, Virgin Wines. During his time at Virgin, in little over 15 months, he organised and hosted over 200 wine events for Virgin's corporate clients, including the BBC, Morgan Stanley, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and JP Morgan.

In 2004 Pip was shortlisted as one of 4 finalists for the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award from Startups.co.uk, the business awards endorsed by Patricia Hewitt, then Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. He was also the winner of the 2004 Shell LiveWIRE London award for Sector Knowledge.

In 2005, Pip became a contributor to Sky One's Taste program, and in 2006 his media work included wine presenting on BBC1's Saturday Kitchen.

In 2007, Pip was included in The Observer and Courvoisier Future 500 (in the drinks category).

Jancis Robinson

One of a handful of wine communicators with an international reputation, Jancis Robinson writes daily for www.jancisrobinson.com, weekly for The Financial Times, and bi-monthly for a column that is syndicated in every continent. She is also editor of The Oxford Companion to Wine and co-author with Hugh Johnson of The World Atlas of Wine, each of these books recognised as a standard reference worldwide.

An award-winning television presenter, she is invited all over the world to tutor wine tastings and act as a wine judge. In 1984 she was the first person outside the wine trade to pass the rigorous Master of Wine exams, and in 2003 she was awarded an OBE by Her Majesty the Queen, on whose cellar she now advises.

John Radford

A well known name in all things vinous, John Radford is a writer, broadcaster, speaker and actor who has been entertaining wine loving audiences for 30 years.

John's prolific career in wine includes tasting, judging and consulting. He is also a specialist trainer to those hardy souls who attempt the wine world's hardest challenge, the notoriously difficult Master of Wine qualification.

His book The New Spain (the first complete guide to contemporary Spanish wines) was winner of the 1999 Glenfiddich Award (drinks book of the year), the 1999 Prix de Champagne Lanson (wine book of the year), and the 1999 Versailles Cookbook Fair Award (European wine book of the year).

Simon Weston

Simon Weston, our head mixologist presenter, heads up a pool of 150 bartenders, sourced from London's top bars and retrained to understand the dynamics of event service.

Simon has over 12 years experience of the event industry, and has managed cocktail service for the Frieze Art Fair, the launch of Givenchy Blue Label, Julian Macdonald's LFW after-show parties, Kill Bill's I and II, not to mention countless corporate and private events all over Europe.

He has presented cocktail sections on Sky One's Taste program, and his drinks have been featured in Harper's and Queen, Tatler, Time Out, The Times, Independent on Sunday, Arena, and Loaded.

Dave Broom (Our Spiritual Host)

As well as being one of Whisky's top communicators, Dave is also the recipient of the 2004 Glenfiddich Food and Drink Award for Best Drink Book for one of his most recent works, Rum.

Dave is also the lead writer for Whisky Magazine and the author of 3 further books. We're also delighted to say he has been involved in drink his whole working life!

As soon as we saw Dave speak in public, we knew he was the man for us. He's a highly accomplished presenter, and his ability to bring his passion to life sets him apart from the crowd.

A Scotsman now living in the South of England, Dave is one of the authentic voices in his field. If you're considering a Whisky (or even Rum) tasting, look no further...

Guy Wolley

We're delighted to be working with Savoy-trained Guy Wolley, The Wine Adventure's very own foodsmith presenter.

A regular on ITV's Saturday Cooks, Guy is also UKTV Food's resident Delicatessen expert, presenting stories from around the world on all aspects of food.

Guy has twenty-five years of experience within the food business, as both a chef and restaurateur. He has also been a regular contributor to magazines, including Elle and Parentwise.

Guy's passions include food, motorcycles, music and foreign travel. He is currently writing his first deli book. .

Ben McFarland

Ben McFarland is a specialist beer writer and the youngest person to have won the Beer Writer of the Year award; he took this home in 2004 and 2006. He regularly contributes to many publications including Wine and Spirit Magazine, The Independent on Sunday, The Guardian and Time Out.

Ben is the co-author of The Good Beer Guide West Coast USA, published by CAMRA books. He was also winner of the award for National Journalism in 2006.