Helen’s interest in wine became so notorious, she was invited to be the wine columnist for Sunday Express Magazine as their 'Brilliant new wine writer'.

Her cutting edge, no nonsense approach to the pleasures of food and wine inspired several radio appearances (BBC Radio 4 The Wine Programme with Oz Clark) live champagne tasting on BBC Breakfast Television with Malcolm Gluck and at the BBC Food Fair in Birmingham demonstrating at the wine stand for Summerfield.

She was also invited to write and perform a comedy talk on wine at the International Wine and Spirits Fair before running a workshop 'The Show off’s guide to wine for people who don’t know much'.

She recently presented a celebrity wine tasting for ‘Taste of Birmingham’ week which was filmed for BBC. She spent several happy days at Michael Laroches vineyard in Chablis for OK magazine and has completed several wine courses – one with the highly acclaimed Michael Schuster.

Jacqui Figgis, restauranteur, writes..

"Helen talked with knowledge and wit about the white and sparkling wines she had brought with her.

The guests tasted 3 whites and were amazed and delighted to learn more about the regions and the grapes. With the sparkling wines they were even more surprised to discover the one they all liked the most was the middle priced wine and the one they all hated was the most expensive.

Helen introduced us to great wines, she tested the knowledge of a few who thought they knew more than they did about wine with great charm and entertained everyone.

After the tasting we had informal drinks and canapes Helen chatted with everyone remembered every name and by the end of the evening had made each and every one feel very special indeed.

We would love Helen to come again in the Autumn and do a red wine tasting and dinner, we loved her company and everyone involved felt the evening was great value and enjoyed it hugely."

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