Elizabeth Gabay MW has worked in the wine trade in various guises since the late 1980s, becoming an MW in 1998. She has been based in south-east France since 2002, and is now working as a freelance wine writer specialising in the wines of Provence, northern Italy and Hungary for various websites, as well as for English and international magazines. She has also judged for a number of international competitions, and is currently completing a book on the history of punch.