Nicolas Belfrage

Nicolas Belfrage is a British Master of Wine,^[1] a wine writer and considered an expert on Italian wine.^[2]

Career

Belfrage was born in Los Angeles in 1940, the son of British/American socialist writer Cedric Belfrage and his wife Molly Castle. He grew up in New York and London, and studied French and Italian at University College London, He became a Master of Wine in 1980.

Belfrage has contributed to publications such as Decanter, The World of Fine Wine, Wein Gourmet, and shared a column in Harpers Magazine with Franco Ziliani,^[3] with whom he has also collaborated on contributions to Tom Stevenson's annual Wine Report.^[4][5] For several years he has contributed the Italy section to Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book as well as to the Oz Clarke Pocket Wine Book.

Bibliography

• Life Beyond Lambrusco (1985)
• Barolo to Valpolicalla: The Wines of Northern Italy (1999)
• Brunello to Zibibbo: The Wines of Tuscany, Central and Southern Italy (2001)
• The Finest Wines of Tuscany and Central Italy (2009)

See also

• List of wine personalities

References

• Nicolas Belfrage profile winepros.com.au

Footnotes

1. ^ mastersofwine.org, Masters of Wine, Nicolas Belfrage profile
2. ^ Robinson, Jancis, jancisrobinson.com (October 1, 2005). "Italian wine in the doldrums...". http://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/winenews051001.html. 
3. ^ Belfrage, Nicolas; Ziliani, Franco, Harpers (October 24, 2005). "In defence of our column". http://www.harpers.co.uk/misc/content/article/2569-in-defence-of-our-column.html. 
4. ^ VinoWire.com The Editors
5. ^ wine-pages.com wine book reviews

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