About Michael
After reading for the Bar, Michael Edwards joined Laytons, the
independent London wine merchants, as a wine trainee in 1968.
Living in Provence and Burgundy in the early 1970s, he represented
several wines domaines that are now household names in Britain and
the USA including Domaine Laroche and Zind-Humbrecht. In a change
of career in the 1980s Michael became a restaurant critic, rising
to be chief inspector of the Egon Ronay Guide. For the last 18
years, he has been a freelance wine and food writer and journalist,
specialising in Champagne, Burgundy and gastronomy.
ABOUT HIS WORKS
Michael is the author of three books on Champagne. His recently
published 'The Finest Wines of Champagne' (Aurum/Univ. of
California Press) has been shortlisted for this year's André Simon
prize and described by Howard Goldberg at the New York Times as
'the unrivaled wine book of 2009... a fountain of insights'. Other
titles include Vermouth (with Gérard Noël, a monograph on Chablis
and 'The Red Wine Companion'. Michael is a regular contributor to
The World of Fine Wine on Champagne & Burgundy and a member of
that magazine's tasting panel. Michael Edwards is a member of the
Circle of Wine Writers and the Fédération Internationale des
Journalistes et Ecrivains du Vins