Georges J. M. Meekers was born in Belgium but has been living in Malta for many years and is head of sales at Emmanuel Delicata Winemaker. He is a lecturer, author and writer and has been communicating about wine since 1998.

Georges is a regular contributor to The Times of Malta and The Malta Independent and an occasional contributor to the Harpers Wine and Spirit Directory. His Wines of Malta, the essential guide was published in 2006 and was named ‘Best Wine Guide’ at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in London in 2008. Georges is now working on Capers and Grapes and Dynamics of Wine and Food Alchemy. Both books are due to be published in 2009.

He founded and runs the Wine Campus, which offers on-line wine courses. Georges’ particular interests are Maltese wines, sommeliership, wine sales and marketing, and online wine education. Most of Georges’ lecturing is on-line at the Wine Campus but he also runs wine appreciation courses at the University of Malta. In addition to English, Georges speaks Dutch and French.