Wine Guides
To ensure you get the best out of the region you are visiting on an Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tour, we make sure that most tours are accompanied by an expert Wine Guide. All our guides are accessible and can make light of talking in depth, making even the most complex wine issues interesting, easy to understand and fun! Many of our guides are Masters of Wine (MW), the highest qualification in the wine trade, or are renowned experts in their field.
Caroline Guizelin Brun
Caroline is known to many of you who have visited her family at Roger Brun. Her warm personality and enthusiasm for her native Champagne make her an excellent Tour Manager. |
Cindy-Marie Harvey
Cindy-Marie Harvey is our Senior Programme Manager. She takes many tours to Italy, Spain, Portugal and South America as the Tour Manager with great enthusiasm. Cindy-Marie also takes tours as a Wine Guide. |
Conal Gregory MW
Conal Gregory MW was for many years the only MP – MW. His wine interests include the classic French regions of Champagne, Bordeaux and Burgundy. He writes frequently on these regions and on the subject of wine as an investment, he has written the ‘Cognac Companion’. Conal is also the wine compere on ITV’s The Food Programme. |
Gordon Ritchie
Gordon Ritchie is a wine merchant who works for an Italian specialist importer. Gordon has been immensely popular since he led his first tour for us in 1999. He is deeply passionate about Italy and you will find his enthusiasm infectious! He will be leading some of our exciting Italian tours this year. |
James Lawther MW
James Lawther MW is a Bordeaux-based wine writer and consultant. James retailed wine at Steven Spurrier’s Caves de la Madeleine in Paris in the 1980s, passed the Master of Wine examination in 1993 and is presently a contributing editor to Decanter. |
Matthew Boucher
Matthew is a very charming and thorough wine guide. He has worked in the trade for many years, including for the German Wine Bureau and arranges tastings for groups and companies. |
Paul Attwood-Philippe
Paul Attwood-Philippe is a resident of Burgundy and leads our wine breaks and some other French tours. Paul works for a tonnelier and has worked at several wine domaines. He is very knowledgeable on wine, particularly from his own region. |
Richard Mayson
Richard was bought up in Portugal and specialises in the wines of Iberia, especially fortified wines. He now owns a vineyard in the Alto Alentejo region of Portugal. Richard has taken many tours to Portugal for Arblaster & Clarke. |
Ronald Weustink
Ronald Weustink worked in the Dutch wine trade for eight years. He moved to the Douro in 2001, where he runs a guest house at Quinta do Passadouro. He escorts our Douro walk and Port Harvest Tour. He is treading grapes here! |
Rosemary George MW
Rosemary George MW, is a highly respected wine writer for her coverage of Chablis, New Zealand, Italy and the South of France. She has taken many tours for Arblaster & Clarke over the years to various parts of France and Italy. |
