Rebecca Gibb

Rebecca Gibb was born and raised in north-east England when the local steelworks and coal-mining industry was on its knees, so wine journalism seemed like a better way of earning a living.

A former winner of the UK's Young Wine Writer of the Year and the Louis Roederer Emerging Writer of the Year, she contributes to many publications as well as being a critic, reviewing the wines of the Loire Valley and New Zealand for one of the world’s leading wine publications, Vinous.

Rebecca is also one of only 409 Masters of Wine in the world. Graduating top of the class in 2015, she was named the Bollinger Medal winner for outstanding tasting ability.

In July 2018, her first book, The Wines of New Zealand, was published by Oxford-based Infinite Ideas and was one of five books shortlisted for the Louis Roederer International Wine Book of the Year in 2019. In addition to her career as an award-winning wine writer, she appears on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch as one of its wine experts and has joined Dan Snow on History Hit as an expert on wine history. Her second book, VINTAGE CRIME, was published by Cambridge University Press in October 2023.

Praise for VINTAGE CRIME:

'The British master of wine Rebecca Gibb has great fun picking through the skulduggery in an entertaining read that romps around the vineyards of the world' - The Times (Best Food & Wine Writing of 2023)

'This slim yet insightful and entertaining volume documents the many instances where wine drinkers did not get what they paid for' - NY Times (Best Wine Books of 2023)

A ‘seriously well-researched, disciplined history of wine fraud’ with a ‘lively, well-paced, humorous, deliciously gossipy, slyly acerbic narrative. . . Nothing glib about Gibb!' -  jancisrobinson.com

'This exceptionally well-researched and engaging exploration of wine fraud through the ages shook me to my core. . . Gibb is a Master of Wine and a good storyteller. . . as well as bringing history vividly to life' - Australian Financial Review

'No wine lover should be without a copy of Vintage Crime, though in future it might make you sniff a little more suspiciously when handed a glass of fine wine. . .' - Club Oenologique

'Takes the reader on a highly entertaining tour of wine fraud from ancient times up to the present day. . . . The book is full of brilliant details' - Spectator 

'[an] entertaining gallop through wine fraud down the ages' - Daily Mail

Rebecca spends her spare time looking after her son and playing the cello. She once ran for Great Britain in the 100-metre hurdles and tries to maintain some sort of fitness by mountain biking and wild swimming.