Wine Expert Fiona Beckett Joins MFDF 2018

There's going to be many, many announcements for MFDF in the coming months and hot on the heels of Cottonopolis' amazing Battle Royale Secret Supper, it has now been divulged that wine legend Fiona Beckett is due to make an appearance.

By Steven Pankhurst | 7 August 2018

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Fiona Beckett is an award-winning food and drink journalist, author and web publisher with over 25 years’ experience of writing for the UK’s top newspapers and magazines including her popular regular column in The Guardian.

MFDF fans may know her best for her popular Guardian column and her previous attendance at the Festival as one of “Three Wine Women”, but she also writes for National Geographic Travel Food magazine, is restaurant critic for Decanter, while also publishing her own website www.matchingfoodandwine.com

She has agreed to take time out of her hectic schedule to come back to MFDF to share her incredible knowledge and experience at a very special solo wine tasting this year. Fiona will be guiding guests through the six wines that shaped her career in this fascinating insight into the story of wine via the life of one of the country’s most revered experts.

Fiona Beckett’s ‘Six Wines That Shaped My Career” event will take place at the MFDF Dining Dome at the Festival Hub on Albert Square on Saturday 6th October.


The event starts at 6:30pm and tickets are £25 which includes all 6 wines.

Fiona Beckett – Six Wines That Shaped Her Career
Saturday 6th October at 6.30pm
Tickets £25 (+ Booking Fee)

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