Hugh Johnson

Hugh Eric Allan Johnson  (born 10 March 1939) is an English journalist, author, editor, and expert on wine. He is thought to be the world's best-selling wine writer. 

A wine he tasted in 1964, a 1540 Steinwein from the German vineyard Würzburger Stein, is thought to be one of the oldest to have ever been tasted.G. Harding: "A Wine Miscellany", p. 22, Clarkson Potter Publishing, New York 2005 .H. Johnson: Vintage: The Story of Wine, p. 284, Simon and Schuster 1989. .

Early life
Johnson was born in London. He studied at Rugby School and at King's College, Cambridge.

Career
He has published many books about wine, starting with the publication of Wine in 1966. The World Atlas of Wine (1971) was thought to be the first attempt to map the world's wine regions.

Johnson was made Decanter Man of the Year in 1995, and was promoted Officer in the French Order Nationale du Mérite in 2004 and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2007 "for services to wine-making and horticulture". He was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society in 2000.

Personal life
In 1965, he married Judith Eve Grinling. Together they have three children.

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Category:1939 births
Category:Living people
Category:Writers from London
Category:English journalists