John Radford (writer and broadcaster)

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John Radford is a writer and broadcaster in the field of wine and food, with an emphasis on Spain. Radford was born in Nottingham on December 1, 1946 and was educated at Stamford School in Lincolnshire.

1 Career
- 1.1 Broadcasting
2 Selected bibliography
3 Awards
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Career

Radford's books have a won a number of international awards. His book The New Spain (1998) won the Glenfiddich "Drinks Book of the year" and the Prix de Champagne Lanson "European Wine Book of the year" awards, as well as 'Best European Wine Book' at the Livre Gourmand Awards in Versailles, and was awarded the silver medal of the Gastronomische Akademie Deutschland.^[1] His 2004 book The Wines of Rioja also won the Livre Gourmand award for "Best European Wine Book". In 2006 he was awarded the Premio Especial Alimentos de España in Madrid for his continuing work on Spanish food and wine, and he is a member of the Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino. His most recent book Cook España, Drink España, written in collaboration with chef Mario Sandoval of Restaurante Coque ^[2] in Humanes de Madrid was published in October, 2007. In November it won the Livre Gourmand Award 2008 for 'Best European Wine Book Outside France'. In December 2007 it was shortlisted in the top three for 'Best Wine Book in the World (outside France)', and went on to win the world title at Olympia, London on the 13th April, 2008.

Radford writes articles for a number of UK wine publications, including Harpers, Drinks International and Off-Licence News (all trade publications) and Gourmetour, Decanter, Spain Magazine as well as other consumer publications.

In March, 2007, the first issue of Yes Chef! magazine was published, with a launch at Harvey Nichols in London, and Radford as editor. The magazine is quarterly for the first year. In addition he continues to write mostly wine-related articles for magazines in the UK and abroad although in January 2007 he had a non wine-related column published in The Oldie.^[3]^[4]

[edit] Broadcasting

Radford has appeared on several wine-related British television shows including A Question of Taste which ran from 1997-1998 on Carlton Food Network, hosted by Russell Grant.

From 1993-1997 Radford co-presented the breakfast programme for Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire with BBC Three Counties Radio^[5] based in Luton. In 1997 he transferred to BBC Southern Counties Radio based in Brighton where he stayed until March 2006.

Currently he works as a local radio presenter for Splash FM in Worthing.

[edit] Selected bibliography

2007 WINE REPORT 2008 (Spanish chapter)
2007 COMER EN ESPAÑA, BEBER EN ESPAÑA (Spanish language version)
2007 COOK ESPAÑA, DRINK ESPAÑA (with Mario Sandoval)
2007 GREAT WINE TOURS OF THE WORLD (New edition - Spanish chapters)
2006 WINE REPORT 2007 (Spanish chapter)
2005 WINE REPORT 2006 (Spanish chapter)
2004 VINOS DE ESPAÑA - Spanish Translation of THE NEW SPAIN (New Edition)
2004 THE NEW SPAIN (New Edition)
2004 THE WINES OF RIOJA
2004 COMPANION GUIDE TO THE WINES OF THE WORLD (Spanish chapter)
2004 WINE REPORT 2005 (Spanish chapter)
2003 WINE REPORT 2004 (Spanish chapter)
2002 THE SPANISH WINE EDUCATION NOTES
2002 DE WIJNEN VAN SPANJE - Dutch translation of THE NEW SPAIN
2002 GREAT WINE TOURS OF THE WORLD (Spanish chapters)
2001 GYLDENDALS BOG OM DE SPANSKE VINE Danish translation of THE NEW SPAIN
2001 A CENTURY OF WINE (Spanish chapter)
2000 GLOBAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WINE (Spanish and Portuguese chapters)
2000 A CENTURY OF WINE (Mitchell Beazley, London - Spanish chapter)
2000 POCKET BOOK OF FORTIFIED AND SWEET WINES (with Stephen Brook - fortified wines)
1999 WEINLANDSCHAFT SPANIEN - German translation of THE NEW SPAIN
1998 THE NEW SPAIN