Justin Howard Sneyd MW became a member of the Institute of Master of Wine in 1999, winning the Tim Derrouet Award for being the outstanding student of his year. His winemaking experiences included stints in South Africa, Hungary, Romania and France. He then worked as a buyer for British supermarket chains, Safeway, Sainsburys and Waitrose. He now has his own consulting businesss called The Hive Wine Consulting. He and his family have a small vineyard in Roussillon, Domaine of the Bee, planted with Grenache and Carignan