Stuart Walton has been a wine writer since the early 1990s, contributing to a wide range of newspapers, magazines and websites. A past chairman of the Circle of Wine Writers, he writes a monthly column, Wine in History, as well as book reviews, for World of Fine Wine magazine. He is also the author of The Complete Cocktail Maker; Gin Cocktails; Vodka Cocktails; Whisky Cocktails (all Lorenz Books); You Heard It Through the Grapevine; Vodka Classified; and Out of It: A Cultural History of Intoxication.

Joanna Farrow is a freelance cooking writer and food stylist, writing for magazines on subjects ranging from family food to chocolate and cakes.