Henry Jeffreys studied English and Classical Literature at Leeds University. He worked in the winetrade and publishing before becoming a freelance writer and broadcaster. He was wine critic for TheLady, and his work has appeared in Spectator magazine, the Guardian, the Oldie and BBC Good Foodmagazine. He has been on BBC Radio 4, Radio 5 and Monocle Radio, and featured on BBC 2's Inside theFactory (2020). He was a judge for the BBC Radio 4's Food & Farming Awards and for the Fortnum ">Mason food and drink awards 2018. He is the author of Fortnum & Mason award-winning Empire ofBooze: British History through the Bottom of a Glass (2017), The Home Bar (2018) and The CocktailDictionary (2020), and in 2022 was awarded Fortnum & Mason drink writer of the year. He iscurrently features editor for the Master of Malt drinks blog and drink writer for The CriticMagazine. He lives in Faversham, Kentwith his wife and two children.