Autor/-in: Simon Ardizzone

Born in London in 1947 into an artistic family and educated at Downside, Simon Ardizzone's father, David, and Uncle, Edward Ardizzone RA, showed a keen interest in wine, leading Simon into the wine trade. The cover picture, The Delicate Nose by Edward depicts the two brothers tasting wine. Simon worked in Jerez, Bordeaux and Burgundy where the story begins. Member of Academie de Champagne, he appeared on the BBC Horizon Programme on Taste as a City of London Wine Shipper. A publisher of a country magazine for Wales and was the owner of a busy Spanish restaurant. Now retired and writing in the mountains of Spain.