A sommelier by trade, Harry Ballman is the wine specialist for national retailer Home Bargains and co-founder of fine wine business Cépage. Ballman also launched the online wine shop The Good Wine Co.

Lee Isaacs has over two decades of experience in the wine industry, primarily in independent retail and education. Today, he is a freelance educator and storyteller and runs consumer-facing wine events every month.

Jonathan Kleeman is the group beverage manager and executive head sommelier at Tom Sellers’ Story Group, including the highly acclaimed Restaurant Story in London, which boasts 2 Michelin Stars and 5 Rosettes, Dovetail in Mayfair, and Story Cellar in Covent Garden.

Dr. Jacopo Mazzeo is a freelance wine and drinks journalist and consultant.
He regularly contributes to leading trade and consumer publications including Wine Enthusiast, Whisky Magazine, Decanter, Meininger, Club Oenologique, Harper's, Pix Wine, and Good Beer Hunting. He consults on consumer trends and marketing strategy and offers copywriting services to drinks firms and agencies. Jacopo is a former sommelier, he judges international wine, beer, and spirits competitions, and sat twice on the board of directors of the British Guild of Beer Writers. Before he embraced full-time journalism, he studied musicology at the University of Bologna and took a PhD at the University of Southampton.