writer | essayist

charlie brown.

Writer and essayist at Medium.com (40k+ followers)Owner of "The Sauce" online food and drink magazine (3.7k+ subscribers)Owner and editor of food and drink publication "Rooted" (17k+ followers)

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12 years in food and wine.
4 years a writer.

I specialise in food and drink culture writing but am also an advocate for - and write about - women's issues including diet culture and gender roles.My writing has over two million views online. I have over 60k followers / subscribers across writing platforms Medium and Substack.

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In 2013 I co-founded independent wine store and bar Vino Vero in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex which championed small, sustainable wineries. In 2018, we won the Drinks Retailing Awards' Independent Wine Retailer of the Year."I built on my practical wine experience by working two harvests for Domaine Chapel in Beaujolais (2018 and 2019).In 2020 I sold Vino Vero and everything I own (house, possesions and all!) to travel and start a new career as a writer, eventually settling in Porto, Portugal, in 2023.Other writing experience:
Previous contributor to Drinks Retailing News
Content writer for Austrian natural wine retailer Go Nature Wines
Marketing and technical writer for Portuguese wine project Revela
Co-founder and creative director of Kava Specialty Coffee AppProfessional and academic accreditations
BA (Hons) 2:1 in English from the University of Birmingham
WSET Level 3 in wines and spirits with distinction and scholarship
Studied at - and lifetime member of - the Champagne Academy
Principles of winemaking with distinction - Plumpton CollegeAnd just for fun...
Fourth in the world championship olive picking, Croatia
Second in the world championship sausage making competition, Croatia

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