Jane Masters is a Master of Wine, Oenologist and MBA from London Business School with extensive experience in retail and the international wine trade. She was a Director of the wine trade’s most prestigious global professional organisation, the Institute of Masters of Wine, between 2004-2018, was elected Chairman 2016-18 and is a founding member of the IMW’s Sustainability committee. Jane originally trained as a winemaker at Bordeaux University after earning a BSc (Hons) in Biological Chemistry.

Andrew Neather is a freelance British wine journalist. A former political speechwriter and newspaper journalist, he was the London Evening Standard’s wine critic, 2005-15. He now blogs weekly on wine and food at aviewfrommytable.substack.com and writes a regular column for Tim Atkin MW’s website.

'A well-organized, well-written, and serious situation report, a wine book like no other'
Brian St. Pierre, The World of Fine Wine

‘A necessary conversation starter about what's on the horizon for the wine world, and a roadmap for drinkers who want to align their values with their purchasing.’
Jessica Dupuy, Forbes

‘Pulls the curtain to show the pragmatic side of wine we rarely think about.’
Victoria Moore, The Telegraph

‘Masters and Neather outline many ways in which the industry can adapt to, and fight, climate change.’
Pilita Clark, Financial Times

‘informative... an excellent addition to the wine literature.’
Jamie Goode, Wine Anorak

‘Few pleasures match a glass of good wine shared with friends. What’s the cost? This fascinating, limpidly written and admirably researched book shines a light on the price we’re all evading: wine’s strangely tentacular environmental footprint. Read it to understand – and to help.’
Andrew Jefford

‘For anyone who loves wine, life without it is unthinkable. But the unthinkable is upon us. In this beautifully written and well researched book, the authors describe the dangerous climatological precipice the wine industry now finds itself on. Equally important, however, they bring us stories from winemakers and vintners around the world who are charting a new environmental way forward – a way that respects the Earth and may just save wine.’
Karen MacNeil, author of The Wine Bible and editor of WineSpeed

‘If knowledge is power, then this book is dynamite. As a vineyard owner myself, I loved it, and I learned a huge amount from its pages.’
Sir John Hegarty

‘a groundbreaking new book. . . offers practical guidance and global insights to help producers, marketers and exporters navigate the future of wine with purpose and clarity.’
Wanda Augustyn, Wineland

‘If you make wine - or simply drink it - read ‘Rooted in Change: The Stories Behind Sustainable Wine’. Jane Masters MW and Andrew Neather calmly analyse how climate change is impacting the wine world, before spotlighting practical ideas on how to tackle it. Harvesting real life anecdotes from across the globe, they macerate them to extract best practice, ferment the pros and cons (spoiler alert: sometimes there is no perfect solution) and barrel through the successful achievements of others, before decanting inspirational ideas for the vineyard, winery, supply chain and society. I defy any winemaker not to learn something. I certainly did. Even a casual wine drinker will now know what to ask, and next time they choose a bottle of wine, it might just be local, lightweight and recycled.’
Wendy Outhwaite

‘informative, factual and realistic.’
Natalie Earl, Decanter

‘This is a book for everyone, wine drinker or not... it leaves you with an overriding sense of the need to pursue imperfect perfection; that action and experimentation not only by companies, but by us, as consumers, can have a positive impact.’
Rosamund Hall, Club Oenologique

‘A courageous book that tackles the unwieldy subject of sustainability in wine with extraordinary detail, pragmatism and warmth.’
Tamlyn Currin, JancisRobinson.com