About: Joelle Thomson
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When she graduated in journalism from Wellington Polytechnic in 1989, Joelle Thomson always knew she wanted to write lifestyle stories, but it took another two years, travels through France and a stint as a flambé waitress on a far flung island in the North Sea before she realized she would become a wine writer. Her first wine column was for Capital Times in Wellington, in 1994. She has since written 14 wine books in New Zealand and writes a wine column for The Dominion Post, Waikato Times and Christchurch Press as well as editing Drinksbiz magazine and tutoring at the NZ School of Food & Wine in Auckland.