Jancis Robinson - “The most respected wine critic and journalist in the world” – Decanter magazine. Jancis Robinson has been writing about wine since 1975. She now writes weekly for the Financial Times and daily for JancisRobinson.com and is responsible for many of the
standard reference books on wine, including The Oxford Companion to Wine and, with Hugh Johnson, The World Atlas of Wine. In 1984 she was the first person outside the wine trade to pass the rigorous Master of Wine exams and in 2003 was awarded an OBE by Her Majesty the Queen, on whose cellar she now advises. Jancis loves and lives for wine in all its glorious diversity, generally favouring balance and subtlety over sheer mass. Her desire to demystify the world of wine is the driving force behind the award-winning website, and a catalyst for the Jancis Robinson collection in collaboration with Richard Brendon.
Richard Brendon - Richard is a London based product designer who is known internationally for creating refined and dynamic tableware for some of the most iconic retailers and hotels
in the world. Richard founded his brand in 2013 after becoming fascinated with the history of design in British bone china and the heritage craft industry in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Since then he has designed collections for the Four Seasons, Gleneagles, The Corinthia London, Fortnum & Mason, Lane Crawford and Harrods among others. Richard started working with glass blowers in Bohemia in 2015 and, inspired by the skill and precision
of the craft, now designs collections of glassware that challenge the traditional aesthetic. Richard pairs his passion for heritage crafts with an eye for modern design to create collections that elevate the experience of dining and entertaining.