Richard Mayson Author & Editor

Richard Mayson is a British author and expert on fortified wines and the wines of Iberia. He is the series editor for the Infinite Ideas Wine Library. He is the author of five books relating to the wine of Portugal, was associate editor of Oz Clarke's "Wine Atlas" and currently writes the entries on Port and Madeira for The Oxford Companion to Wine. He also lectures for the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) and Leith's School of Food and Wine in London. In 1999 he was made a Cavaleiro of the Confraria do Vinho do Porto in recognition of his services to the port wine trade. He is currently the regional chairman for Port and Madeira wines for the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA). Richard Mayson also owns a vineyard and produces wine in the Alto Alentejo, Portugal. Richard Mayson was educated at Uppingham School, Rutland. He graduated from the University of Sheffield (BA Hons. Geography) in 1983. In 2013 he was appointed as a lay member of Council of the University of Sheffield where he Chairs the Alumni Board.