| World famous wine writer Hugh Johnson has been awarded the OBE in the Queen's New Year Honours List for services to winemaking and horticulture, reports decanter.com. He has been 'tasting, buying, promoting and writing about wine for over 40 years' including stints as director of Chateau Latour, Wine Correspondent of the Sunday Times and many other posts.
Decanter's Man of the Year 1995, he also writes a bi-monthly column in the Decanter magazine. He is the author of numerous best-selling wine books, including the annual Pocket Wine Book, which has sold more than 7.5m copies.
Johnson, 67, is not only a celebrated wine expert but also a horticulturalist with a particular interest in trees. He has published several books on gardening - notably the International Book of Trees and the Gardener's Companion, the Principles and Practice of the Gardener's Art. His garden, a 17th century manor house in Essex , is open to the public once a week during the summer months. It is noted for its trees.
The OBE (Officer of the British Empire ) is awarded to 858 people every year. It ranks fourth in the hierarchy of the royal awards known collectively as the Order of the British Empire .
Details at http://www.decanter.com/news/105229.html
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