Bert Blaize is an award-winning sommelier and wine consultant. He learned his craft at some top-notch addresses: La Belle Epoque in Manchester, Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons, and the Clove Club in Shoreditch. He then went on to open the Mandrake Hotel as Head of Wine. In 2017 Bert was named the UK's Top Young Sommelier by Flint Wines and nominated by GQ Magazine, Drinks Business and Imbibe as 'Sommelier of the year'.
He co-authored Which Wine When in 2020.
Victoria Brzezinski is an award-winning journalist and has been writing for The Times since 2018. She specialises in property, money, and lifestyle writing, and occasionally moonlights as a restaurant critic. Victoria won 'Influencer of the Year' at 2021's Property Press awards and 'Lifestyle and Interiors Journalist of the Year' in 2022.