About Me

I’m Anna Spooner. I’m a Stage 2 Master of Wine student, holder of the WSET Diploma and certified WSET educator. I have over 10 years of experience in the drinks business working in wine tasting, journalism, communications and education.

I’ve been a wine educator at various levels, first at West London Wine School where I taught both casual and WSET classes and, most recently, The Wine Society, where I hosted tastings from beginner to very experienced and premium levels. I created the online wine tasting programme at The Wine Society where I won them the Decanter Virtual Wine Experience Award in both 2021 and 2022.

I have hosted private tastings ranging from small intimate groups of friends at home to fine wine private members club events; from casual team building events for companies such as Facebook to more formal client relationship events for asset management companies.

In marketing and communication I’ve worked in-house for big wine brands and retailers. I have also written for magazines and newspapers such as The Financial Times Weekend Magazine, GQ and The Evening Standard as well as my own recently launched Substack. In 2022 I was runner up of the Jancis Robinson Writing Competition and I was also runner up for the IWSC Emerging Talent in Wine Communication in both 2022 and 2023.

I currently live in the Southern Rhône where I conduct local wine tours alongside my online wine education platform, private events and writing to reach a global audience.