My Book is Sold Out!
The journey began in 2001 when I enrolled on a wine appreciation course at Coventry University and without planning it I found myself five years later the proud possessor of the WSET Diploma. Not bad for a girl who left Barker Butts Secondary Modern School aged just 15 and went to work on the hanky counter at Owen Owen department store!
What was I going to do with this diploma? I had not planned it but again fate stepped in; I was invited to be a wine teacher at Birmingham College of Food and began a very enjoyable few years teaching others about this amazing subject. I started my own wine school too and over the years have trained hundreds of people for fun and for qualifications. I loved it but I hankered for a life in France and fate stepped in again and I was invited to Languedoc where I met two wonderful wine families, the Fords of Domaine Gayda and the Bojanowskis of Clos du Gravillas. I will always be indebted to them for the help they gave me to begin my vineyard tour business Vin en Vacances.
Now on the first day of 2021 I can look back at the last 7 years with pride as all of the 3000 copies of the book sold out within 2 years of printing it. I currently do not have any plans to reprint it but if you would like to read it I have made it available to members of our gourmet club Quaffers & Scoffers. The cost to join the club is only €10 more than the price of the book so its well worth it..!