Robert Joseph, Editor-at-Large for Meininger Verlag

Since its launch, late in 2006, Robert Joseph has been Editor-at-Large of Meininger's Wine Business International Magazine. He has chaired over 50 wine competitions across the globe, establishing the notable International Wine Challenge.

Joseph was the wine correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph for 16 years, and is the author of more than 28 books, twice winning the Glenfiddich award for wine writing. He wrote an annual Robert Joseph Good Wine Guide which in 2002 was named as best Wine Guide in the world by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

In 2005, Robert Joseph launched his own wine business. The Le Grand Noir and Greener Planet brands sell over 1 million bottles globally and have won several awards at the IWC. Since 2007, Robert Joseph has also run a research and consultancy business called DoILikeIt? which services such clients as Direct Wines, Pernod Ricard, Origin and McGuigan.

Robert is a panellist at the ‘The role of social media and traditional communication’ and ‘UK – Re-booting a mature market’ business sessions.