Emily O'Hare left her job as Head Sommelier and Wine Buyer at London's The River Cafe in August 2014 to participate in the grape harvest in Italy with Bruno di Conciliis in Campania, Elisa Sesti in Tuscany and Luca de Marchi in Piedmont. After a magical party on Monte Amiata she decided to stay in Italy, with the casanovas and courtesans she had met at the (fancy dress) party. She is a WSG Italian Wine Scholar, VIA Italian Wine Ambassador and writes for Decanter and Club Oenologique on Italian wine. Based now in Greve in Chianti, she organises bespoke wine tours of Tuscany, creates Italian wine packages to help holidays continue back home, consults on Italian wine for buying and cellaring and teaches the WSET programme from beginners Level 1 to the more intensive Level 3.