Tom Stevenson is a British author who has been writing about wine for more than 30 years. He has won 33 literary awards, including Wine Writer of the Year three times and The Wine Literary Award, America's only lifetime achievement award for wine writers, and in 2011 he was inducted into the New York Wine Media Guild's Hall of Fame. Stevenson has written 26 books, the most important of which have been published internationally by more than 50 publishers and translated into over 25 languages. His standard reference work Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia is required reading for both MW and MS examinations and has sold in excess of 700,000 copies worldwide, while his ground-breaking Christie's World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine has been completely revised, expanded and updated by Essi Avellan MW (Absolute Press, 2013). The award-winning Champagne & Sparkling Wine Guide was relaunched in 2014 to provide the ideal platform for the Gold and Silver medal winning wines at The Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships. Judged by Tom Stevenson, Essi Avellan MW and Dr Tony Jordan, three of the most experienced Champagne and sparkling wine tasters in the world, this competition is uniquely qualified to determine the best bubblies on the planet. Tom Stevenson's Champagne & Sparkling Wine Guide is the only publication where tasting notes for all those wines can be found.