Tom Cannavan

Tom Cannavan is a Scottish author and a wine journalist. He is considered a pioneer presence on internet of the British wine writing establishment.

In his youth Tom had a foretaste of fame as lead vocalist and guitarist in the budding band Restricted Code. He co-wrote (in partnership with his schoolmate Frank Quadrelli) all the songs for this relatively successful band, drawing on influences from punk, new wave, funk and soul. A promising early career was marked by recording, touring with The Human League in UK and Europe, leading to some John Peel sessions.Paul Morley in NME picked them as “band most likely to…” in 1980, and they were noted as the “best gig of 1980” in Sounds.

Cannavan has run the website Wine-pages.com since November 1995, widely considered one of the best sites on wine, which received a recommendation by Robert Parker in his book The Wine Buyer's Guide.

Cannavan has published the book The Good Web Guide to Wine (2000) and is a contributor to the annual publications Which? Wine Guide and The Wine Report. He has also contributed to publications such as The Sunday Times, The Independent, The World of Fine Wine, Decanter and GrapesTALK.

In September 2008, Cannavan won International Online Writer of the Year at the Louis Roederer awards for his website. Upon accepting the award Cannavan joked, "I deserve it, I work bloody hard". Also in September 2008 Cannavan was one of five UK wine writers to launch The Wine Gang, an online wine ratings magazine for the UK. The other members of The Wine Gang are Anthony Rose, Joanna Simon, Jane Parkinson and David Williams. The Wine Gang also hold live wine tasting events and festivals.

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