Joanna Simon is a British author and wine journalist known for her column in The Sunday Times[1] for 22 years from 1987 to 2009,[2] where she was also a cookery writer from 2004 to 2009.
She is founding editor of Waitrose Drinks magazine and writes for The World of Fine Wine and Decanter.
She is a wine taster for international competitions and presented BBC Radio 4's series The Bottle Uncorked.
As a lecturer, she has urged Chilean winemakers to "'lighten up' on alcohol levels and the use of oak".
[3] She is married to the art historian and critic Robin Simon.