Catherine Petrie MW became a Member of the Institute of Masters of Wine in 2017. Her research paper was on single vineyards in the Sancerre region. She worked in the UK with Goedhuis & Co, a London-based fine wine merchant as buyer. She moved to Lay & Wheeler as French buyer, having spent a year working at Domaine Comte Armand in Burgundy, gaining viticultural and winemaking experience