Jonathan Pedley first became interested in wine while studying Biochemistry at Oxford. He spent periods in buying, sales, marketing and distribution for Grants of St James's before getting involved in the re-establishing of the School of Wine. Jonathan passed the Master of Wine Course in 1992 and two years later became self employed. He now divides his time between running courses for the wine trade, lecturing, consultancy and writing, and was co-author, with Keith Floyd, of Floyd Uncorked (HarperCollins 1998).