Beverley Blanning MW is an independent wine writer, judge, tour guide, speaker and educator. She is the author of Teach Yourself Wine Tasting and Biodynamics in Wine and has written for numerous publications globally. She passed the WSET Diploma in 1998, receiving the Wine Trade Club Scholarship, and became a Master of Wine in 2001, winning the Villa Maria and Errazuriz Awards for her papers on viticulture and the business of wine.

'Beverley Blanning MW’s Wines of the Loire Valley is an useful guide to this broader and more exciting picture, covering leading appellations such as Saumur Champigny, Chinon, Mentou Salon and Savanniers.'
Paul Caputo, Forbes

‘Her writing style is fresh and very approachable. Packed with vital information, interspersed with some wonderfully humorous asides.’
Matthew Nugent, The Irish Sun

‘Blanning’s style is fresh, objective, approachable. She has the ability to pack in information without the text becoming ponderous. She allows flashes of humour and colour to show through the objectivity, and she’s not afraid of writing with feeling and enthusiasm.’
Tamlyn Currin, JancisRobinson.com

‘Inspiring thirst for Loire wines generally and an urge to explore them in situ are goals admirably fulfilled by Blanning’s enthusiastic, insightful, and readily read text.’
David Schildknecht, The World of Fine Wine

‘A must-have for anyone planning their next Loire adventure or deepening their appreciation of French wines’
Jessica Dupuy, Forbes

‘The depth of [Beverley’s] knowledge and experience of the region and its growers is evident on every page… the perfect reference point for arguably the most dynamic wine region in France, if not the world’
Rosamund Hall, Club Oenologique

‘Blanning’s writing is zippy and effortless, breaking down the incredibly varied region into pleasingly consumable nuggets . . . an essential buy.’
Sophie Thorpe, Decanter