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Book SynopsisHenry Jeffreys studied English and Classical Literature at Leeds University. He worked in the wine trade and publishing before becoming a freelance writer and broadcaster. He was wine critic for
The Lady, and his work has appeared in
Spectator magazine, the
Guardian, the
Oldie and
BBC Good Food magazine. He has been on BBC Radio 4, Radio 5 and Monocle Radio, and featured on BBC 2's
Inside the Factory (2020). He was a judge for the BBC Radio 4's Food & Farming Awards and for the Fortnum & Mason food and drink awards 2018. He is the author of Fortnum & Mason award-winning
Empire of Booze: British History through the Bottom of a Glass (2017),
The Home Bar (2018) and
The Cocktail Dictionary (2020), and in 2022 was awarded Fortnum & Mason drink writer of the year. He is currently features editor for the Master of Malt drinks blog and drink writer for
The Critic Magazine. He lives in Faversham, Kent with his wife an
