Tamlyn Currin

Today

WSET training sits behind the precision in Tamlyn Currin’s writing. It gives her work a measured frame: she reads structure closely, but keeps pleasure in view. As Wine Writer, staff writer, and sustainability editor at JancisRobinson.com, Currin works across tasting, reporting, and the practical questions of how wine is made, shared, and assessed. That balance between tasting note and wider context is central to the way she writes. The discipline is in the evaluation; the range comes from the way she places wine alongside the work, patience, and sacrifice that shape it. With Currin, the page stays exact without turning austere.

In Their Words “I’ve chosen because the wines were so unusual, some because the dishes were weird and wonderful, and some because the combination of wine and food is simply unexpected.” Currin is drawn to pairings that resist the obvious line-up. The interest is not in smoothing out the oddities, but in keeping them visible so the reader can see why the match holds. “Weird and wonderful” is doing useful work here: it names a category of tasting that depends on surprise, and on the willingness to let an unconventional pairing earn its place. “It’s not easy to decide how to group a bunch of off-the-wall pairings, but I’ve taken the following approach and divided them up, roughly, by food type.” The method is practical: sort the material, make the categories legible, and do not lose the edge of the subject in the process. Currin’s instinct is to impose enough order for the reader to follow while leaving room for the material’s roughness. That’s what keeps the writing usable without flattening what makes the examples worth reading.

Recognition

Tamlyn Currin has received Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards, Drink Writer of the Year (2024).