HARPERS - Key Persons


Adama Wines

Following on from the Her Wine Collection range from all-female South African company Adama Wines, Praisy Dlamini, winemaker and general manager, Adama Wines, talks to Andrew Catchpole about her new Amandla brand, inspiring the next generation and the importance of mentors. Read more...

Alan Mayne

Job Titles:
  • the Wine Broker

Andrew Catchpole

Job Titles:
  • Editor
  • Editorial
  • Producers

Christine Freeman

Job Titles:
  • Design
  • Group Art Editor

Dr John Barker - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Director General
Dr John Barker, the former general counsel of the New Zealand Winegrowers has been elected as the director general of The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV).

Inigo Tapiador

Job Titles:
  • Rioja DOCa Global Marketing & Communications Director
Rioja DOCa global marketing & communications director Inigo Tapiador talks through the upcoming Rioja Residency on 21 June.

James Bayley

Job Titles:
  • Senior Reporter

James Down

Job Titles:
  • Art Editor

Jo Gilbert

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Editor

Kate Goodman

Job Titles:
  • Head Winemaker for Penley Estate Winery, in Coonawarra, South Australia, Has Been Named Australian Winemaker of the Year 2024 by the Halliday Wine Companion
Kate Goodman, head winemaker for Penley Estate Winery, in Coonawarra, South Australia, has been named Australian Winemaker of the Year 2024 by the Halliday Wine Companion.

Lanchester Wines

Lanchester Wines has announced a national, outside London, distribution partnership with London's first urban winery.

Lee Sharkey

Job Titles:
  • Publisher
  • Advertising, Sales and Marketing

Masi Agricola

Job Titles:
  • Leading Valpolicella Producer
Leading Valpolicella producer Masi Agricola has become the sixth member of the OIV's technical and scientific consortium.

Mauricio Palacios

Argentine winery Viña Doña Paula has announced the appointment of Mauricio Palacios as CEO of the company, effective from January 1, 2023. Read more...

Miguel A. Torres

Job Titles:
  • President of Familia Torres
Miguel A. Torres, president of Familia Torres has urged the wine industry to do more to combat climate change in an open letter.

Ribera del Duero

Ribera del Duero DO is lauding its 2022 vintage as "very good" following the verdict of the Exceptional Committee, a group of 12 leading figures from the Spanish wine industry.

Stuart Sadler - Chief Commercial Officer

Job Titles:
  • Commercial Director

Sugrue South Down

Job Titles:
  • Producer

Tiffani Graydon - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
CEO Tiffani Graydon talks to Andrew Catchpole about joining Yealands just ahead of the pandemic and where she's driving the company now.

Tim Atkin

Job Titles:
  • Columnist
  • Writer
Tim Atkin MW, Harper's columnist and leading UK wine writer, has launched his 2023 Chile report.

Viña Doña Paula - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Viña Santa Carolina

Viña Santa Carolina has announced it is collaborating with the Quirihue Winemakers Association (Agrupación de Viñateros de Quirihue) on the next phase of an ongoing project, which has so far spent 10 years working to recover centuries-old grape varieties in the Itata Valley.

Viña Santa Rita

Job Titles:
  • Chilean Producer
Chilean producer Viña Santa Rita experienced a historically warm harvest, with the highest temperatures recorded in the last 70 years contributing to "unprecedented grape maturity".