About this episode

Rebecca Pitcairn interviews renowned UK winemaker Emma Rice about her journey in the wine industry.

Send us Fan Mail Ending the 14th series of The English Wine Diaries on a high with one of the most well known winemakers in the UK, Emma Rice. Emma developed a fascination with fine wine while working as a waitress in The White Horse Inn, Chilgrove as a teenager in the 1990s. It was a chance taste of the 1979 vintage of Krug that was the lightbulb moment that began her career in wine. She got a job at Oddbins – a rite of passage for anyone going into the wine trade in the nineties...

People in this episode

Host: Rebecca Pitcairn

Guest: Emma Rice

Topics covered

• winemaking
• UK wine industry
• fine wine
• career in wine
• Emma Rice

Keywords

• Emma Rice
• winemaker
• fine wine
• UK wine
• Oddbins
• Krug
• The White Horse Inn

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oddbins

Products: 1979 vintage of Krug

Places: The White Horse Inn, Chilgrove

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