Rose Murray Brown is one of only 280 Masters of Wine worldwide. She passed this rigorous practical and theoretical examination, the highest qualification achievable in the drinks trade, in 1998.

Rose graduated from St Andrews University in 1983, after which she worked in Italy for top Tuscan wine estates. She then trained for ten years with Sotheby's International auctioneers as a wine and spirit specialist based in London and France.

Rose is now Scotland's leading drinks journalist and educator. She has written a regular column in The Scotsman for the last 22 years. She also contributes food and drink reviews to specialist trade and consumer international magazines, as well as BBC radio and TV. She presented a 13 part series on food and drink for Yorkshire/Tyne Tees TV. She organizes corporate entertainment events and team building days for up to 400 delegates for top UK companies and performs as guest speaker at numerous corporate and charity functions. She travels abroad regularly visiting vineyards, consults to leading hotels and wineries - and judges at international wine competitions from China to Chile.