Jeffrey Benson

The Right Wine with the Right Food Jeffrey Benson

Because of the diversity of cuisines and wines available, selecting the right wine to accompany a dish requires more expertise nowadays. The authors help readers to develop this by introducing the most important grapes and styles of wine; imparting lucid advice about serving and tasting them; and much more. The author, Jeffrey Benson, has been in the wine trade for 35 years. He conveys his knowledge through his lectures and consultancy work and regularly travels to the Maldives, Sri Lanka, India and the Far East on various wine and spirit consultancy activities. For twelve years, Jeffrey ran the annual evening wine school for the International Wine and Food Society. He continues to lecture and adjudicate the WSET (Wine and Spirit Education Trust) examinations. The subjects include wine appreciation, wine tasting, matching food and wine and in depth lectures on the wine growing regions of the world. Jeffrey has written and contributed to seven books and many articles on food, wine and travel and has been featured on BBC radio and other television and radio programme in other countries.