“Kirsty Goring grew up in London, and is the daughter of Nicky and Sila Lee, who developed The Marriage Course. Kirsty’s passion for wine was kindled at Sunday lunches with friends’ parents, at her Oxford college (her tutor was the ‘Don of the Wine Cellar’) and at the Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland. Now, it encompasses everything that goes into making Wiston Estate’s award-winning wine as well – and more besides. Her role as brand director is as much about her own capabilities as it is about an extraordinary set of circumstances unfolding over several decades…centuries even. They have all converged, providentially, to create just the right conditions, at just the right time, for an idea that was conceived over 50 years ago to finally come to fruition.” Read more at Woman Alive…

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