Anna Harris-Noble
Anna Harris-Noble
Anna has been working in the wine industry in Spain and the UK for almost 20 years, including a period heading up the UK Wines from Rioja account. She has carried out translation and marketing projects for some of Spain’s most important wine companies. A fluent Spanish speaker and WSET-certified educator, she translated Fernando Mora’s Master of Wine research paper about vineyard classification systems in the DO Campo de Borja into English and had her article about the winemaker's work recovering an ancient vineyard published on jancisrobinson.com
She now handles the UK PR for Entrecanales Domecq e Hijos, which owns a 100 year-old Single Vineyard in Rioja Alavesa, and writes for spanishwinelover.com and foodswinesfromspain.com
Born in the UK, Anna thought her love for Spanish wine stemmed from her time living next to a winery in Navarra as part of her languages degree, but she has discovered ancestral links to vineyards in the Toledo area stretching back over 500 years.
“I’ve taken on the role as during my time visiting Spain’s dramatically beautiful mountain vineyards, I’ve heard many tales of ancient vines being abandoned or grubbed up as they are no longer considered viable. Home to some of the world’s oldest vineyards – such as Pago Macharnudo in Jerez, which is thought to have been cultivated for over 3,000 years – I want to tell the stories behind Spain’s old vine heritage to ensure that it is valued and preserved for future generations.”