Karen Hardwick

With over 20 years drinks trade experience, most of it in the wine trade, Karen is the person restaurants, hotels and retailers turn to to train their staff. Due to demand she now hosts more informal and extremely popular food and wine events every month. Karen has been a tutor for the Wine and Spirit Education Trust for 8 years, holds the prestigious WSET Diploma and now teaches to Advanced level both at home and abroad. With a relaxed and approachable style Karen’s aim is quite simply to ditch the jargon, demystify wine and give consumers the confidence to try different wine styles. Karen has also achieved Finalist status for the Riedel Wine Educator of the Year Award 2008.

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