Tom Cannavan

Tom Cannavan is a Scottish author and a wine journalist. He is considered a pioneer presence on internet of the British wine writing establishment.[1]

Biography

In his youth Tom had a foretaste of fame as lead vocalist and guitarist in the budding band Restricted Code.[2] He co-wrote (in partnership with his schoolmate Frank Quadrelli) all the songs for this relatively successful band, drawing on influences from punk, new wave, funk and soul. A promising early career was marked by recording, touring with The Human League in UK and Europe, leading to some John Peel sessions.[3] Paul Morley in NME picked them as “band most likely to…” in 1980, and they were noted as the “best gig of 1980” in Sounds.

Career

Cannavan has run the website Wine-pages.com since November 1995, widely considered one of the best sites on wine,[4][5] which received a recommendation by Robert Parker in his book The Wine Buyer's Guide.[6]

Cannavan has published the book The Good Web Guide to Wine (2000)[4][7] and is a contributor to the annual publications Which? Wine Guide and The Wine Report. He has also contributed to publications such as The Sunday Times, The Independent, The World of Fine Wine, Decanter and GrapesTALK.

In September 2008, Cannavan won International Online Writer of the Year at the Louis Roederer awards for his website. Upon accepting the award Cannavan joked, "I deserve it, I work bloody hard".[8] Also in September 2008 Cannavan was one of five UK wine writers to launch The Wine Gang, an online wine ratings magazine for the UK. The other members of The Wine Gang are Anthony Rose, Joanna Simon, Jane Parkinson and David Williams. The Wine Gang also hold live wine tasting events and festivals.

Cannavan has previously appeared on STV's The Hour programme as their resident wine expert, between 2009 and 2011, when the show came to an end. He is also the 'resident wine expert' on the BBC Radio Scotland show Macaulay & Co, hosted by Fred MacAulay.

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ Robinson, Jancis, jancisrobinson.com (December 31, 2002). "The world of (wine) work".
  2. ↑ http://www.last.fm/music/Restricted+Code
  3. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1980s/1981/Mar10restrictedcode/
  4. 1 2 Atkin, Tim, The Observer (October 22, 2000). "Sites for sore heads". The Guardian (London).
  5. ↑ Muir, Jenni, The Times (June 26, 2005). "Web shopper: Taste of the summer vine". London.
  6. ↑ Ehrlich, Richard, The Independent (November 3, 2002). "My Round: What's a knowledge-thirsty wine obsessive to do between bottles? Slowly savour these corking websites". London.
  7. ↑ Ehrlich, Richard, The Independent (September 17, 2000). "The Drinker: Wine web guide". London.
  8. ↑ Lechmere, Adam & Woodward, Guy, Decanter.com (September 9, 2008). "Decanter writers win Champagne Roederer Awards".

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