He has formerly written regular columns for Reader's Digest, The Spectator Business, The Law Society Gazette and features for Jamie Magazine, Decanter, Waitrose Thirst and The Pulse.
After graduation, Lyons worked as a wine merchant for Justerini & Brooks in Edinburgh before moving to London with the company in 2000.
It was while working for Justerini & Brooks in St James's street that Lyons received the opportunity to sell and taste a great many fine and rare wines particularly Bordeaux and Burgundy.
[7] In 2013 he co-authored 'Reds, Whites & Varsity Blues: 60 Years of the Oxford & Cambridge Blind Wine-Tasting Competition', along with a number of wine writers including Hugh Johnson, Jancis Robinson, Robert Parker Jr. and Oz Clarke.
In February 2013 he captained a Press v Trade team at the Oxford-v-Cambridge 60th anniversary blind wine tasting competition run by Pol Roger Champagne.
[9] Reds, Whites & Varsity Blues: 60 Years of the Oxford & Cambridge Blind Wine-Tasting Competition 'Toasting the Auld Alliance: Edinburgh v St Andrews' (2013 Pavilion) ISBN 978-1-909108-28-8 Selecting, Drinking, Collecting & Obsessing A Wall Street Journal Guide to Wine by Will Lyons & Lettie Teague (WSJ 2014) In 2022 Wine Times [10] was named Podcast of the Year at the British Media Awards.
[12] 2015, 2014 and 2010 Lyons's wine column in The Wall Street Journal was shortlisted for International Columnist of the Year in the Louis Roederer Writers Awards.