Joanna Simon is a British

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and

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known for her column in ''

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'' for 22 years from 1987 to 2009, where she was also a cookery writer from 2004 to 2009. She is founding editor of ''Waitrose Drinks'' magazine and writes for ''The World of Fine Wine'' and ''Decanter''. She is a wine taster for international competitions and presented BBC Radio 4's series ''The Bottle Uncorked''. She has previously been wine and food editor of ''House & Garden'' and editor of both ''Wine'' and ''

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'' magazines. Simon's books include ''Discovering Wine'', ''Wine With Food'', ''The Sunday Times Book of Wine'', ''Wine: An Introduction'' and ''Harrods Book of Fine Wine''. In September 2008 Simon was one of five UK wine writers, along with Tim Atkin MW, Anthony Rose, Tom Cannavan and

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, to launch an online

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magazine for the UK called The Wine Gang. As a lecturer, she has urged

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makers to "'lighten up' on alcohol levels and the use of oak". She is married to the art historian and critic

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Joanna Simon profile
taste-in.com ;Footnotes

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The Wine Gang
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