Wine Regions of Europe aboard Quest for Adventure

Guest Speakers

Caroline Wickham-Jones - Archaeologist

Caroline Wickham-Jones is a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Aberdeen. She is a specialist in Stone Age hunters and has written several books on archaeology in Scotland, has worked in a consultancy role on many television programmes including Time Team and Ray Mears and is a regular contributor to British Archaeology magazine. She lives and works in the Orkney Islands.

Anne Tupker - Master of Wine

Anne is passionate about wine and viticulture and has had her own business, Bouquet Wines, for 20 years. In 1997 she qualified as a Master of Wine and now helps restaurants select their wine lists, judges at international competitions and frequently gives lectures and tutored tastings.

Richard Bates - Geologist

After reading Geology at the University of Edinburgh, Dr Bates earnt his PhD in applied Geophysics from the School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales. He began his career in America by consulting to mining, oil, ground water and environmental organisations and has since focused on a range of geoscientific issues such as marine habitat mapping, climate change studies and renewable energy. He currently works at both the Department of Earth Sciences and Scottish Oceans Institute, and manages to combine his academic research with climbing, kayaking and the odd bottle of fine vintage wine!