Cathy H.

Le Tasting Room is a small Loire wine tour company close to Amboise and Tours, Cathy & Nigel Henton, English wine professionals with 35 years experience of working in the wine trade both in France and the UK. Tours and tastings start from our countryside home in a little village called Noizay, in the heart of the Vouvray appellation. Cathy I fell in love with wine shortly after I left school and spent my career in the UK working for a number of large wine & spirit companies before setting up my own business specialising in wine education. In 2003 I had the desire to improve my practical skills so returned to study for a further 2 years at Plumpton College (attached to the University of Brighton). I have the WSET Diploma Level 4 (1986) and a Higher National Diploma in Wine Studies (Viticulture & Oenology 2005). Nigel I spent 15 years working in agriculture and agricultural research but harboured a secret passion for wine. In 2003 I retrained in viticulture at Plumpton College and went on to run the Breaky Bottom Vineyard in Sussex under the guidance of Peter Hall. I have the WSET Advanced Certificate and a National Certificate in Farm Management.