I am a freelance writer who specialises in drink but I also write on books, cars, food and general features. My work regularly appears in the Guardian, Spectator, Food & Wine magazine and the Oldie. I have appeared on Radio 4's the Food Program and Broadcasting House, Radio 5, BBC Local Radio and Monocle Radio, as well as CNBC television in the US.
Projects
- What 155-Year-Old Port Tastes Like and Where to Find Some If you're looking for a quick pick-me-up, look no further than Taylor’s 1863 Colheita port. I was at a dinner at the Factory House in Porto, the club for British port shippers, but had such a bad cold that my finely-honed olfactory system was completely out of action. The parade of rare wines, including vintage ports from the '50s and '60s, may well have been Thunderbird for all I could taste. But this final wine was different: A barrel-aged port from when Abraham Lincoln was in his prime, it h
Work history
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CopywriterFreelance
London, United KingdomFreelance
I have also written commercial copy for the Guardian Corporate, the Sun, Luxardo Sambuca, Matthew Clark Vintners, Corney & Barrow, Thomson Family whiskies, the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel and the Green Man Festival among others.
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Freelance JournalismFreelance
London, United KingdomFreelance
I wrote a regular wine column in the Lady from 2011 until 2015, a popular column in the Guardian called "Empire of Drink" and was a judge for the 2017 BBC Food & Farming Awards. This year (2018) I will be judging the Fortnum & Mason food & drink writing awards.
My book Empire of Booze was published by Unbound in November 2016 and won Debut Drink Book of the Year at the Fortnum & Mason awards. It was also shortlisted for a Louis Roederer wine writing award in 2017. I am currently working on a book called the Home Bar to be published by Jacqui Small autumn 2018.
In 2014 I was shortlisted for Drink Writer of the Year for work in the Spectator at the Fortnum & Mason Awards.
In 2010 started a blog called Henry's World of Booze, https://worldofbooze.wordpress.com, which became one of the most read drinks blogs in Britain.
I was a founder member of the London Review of Breakfasts blog and a contributor to the Breakfast Bible (Bloomsbury 2013)
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Skills
- Content Writing
- Travel Writing
- Food Writing
- Drinks
- Publicity
- Book
- Publishing
- Content Editing
- Blog Content
- Cultural Journalism