John Radford (writer and broadcaster)
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Writer and broadcaster whose books on wine and food (especially regarding Spain) have a won a number of international awards. His book ‘The New Spain’, first published in 1998, won the Glenfiddich ‘Drinks Book of the year’ and the the Prix de Champagne Lanson ‘European Wine Book of the year’ awards. 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.
John George Radford was born in Nottingham on Sunday, 1st December 1946. He was educated at Stamford School in Lincolnshire.
Radford writes articles for the UK’s two most prominent wine publications WINE [2] and DECANTER [3].
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 [4](3-CR), based in Luton. In 1997 he transferred to BBC Southern Counties Radio [5] (S-CR), based in Brighton where he stayed until March 2006.
Currently he works as local radio presenter for Splash FM [6] in Worthing, as well as continuing to write mostly wine-related articles for magazines in the UK and abroad. In January 2007 John had a column published in The Oldie.
John Radford. JohnRadford.com (EN). Retrieved on January 7, 2007.
John Radford (Various). "Various". Decanter (Various).
John Radford (December 2007). "Anorak". The Oldie (January 2007). Retrieved on 08/01/2007.
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