When you love your job, you never work another day in your life. Making wine is not work, it is labour of love.
It was a double magnum of Krug 1979 that first piqued Emma Rice’s interest in wine. Her love of the wine industry firmly cemented, Emma subsequently worked in the London wine trade and as editor of Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book. At the age of 29, Emma decided to study viticulture and oenology at Plumpton College. After graduating she worked in California and Tasmania before moving back to the UK to help set up Hattingley.
Head Winemaker and Director at Hattingley. Female winemaker to have been twice-awarded the UK Winemaker of the Year, in 2014 and again in 2016.