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  HUGHES Natasha MW

  Master of Wine United Kingdom

Natasha Hughes MW graduated as a Master of Wine in 2014, winning four out of the seven prizes awarded that year, including the Outstanding Achievement Award. 

Natasha is best known as a journalist and has written for numerous print publications, including Decanter, Club Oenologique and Australian Gourmet Traveller Wine, as well as websites such as The World of Fine Wine, Wine Scholar Guild and jancisrobinson.com. Natasha has contributed material for a number of books. Her first solo book, The Wines of Beaujolais, was published in September 2025 as part of the prestigious Wine Library series.

In addition, Natasha judges at wine competitions around the world, hosts wine events, seminars and tutored tastings for both consumers and members of the wine trade, teaches tasting and theory to Master of Wine students and leads trips to wine regions for private clients. She chairs the Institute of Masters of Wine’s Trips Committee, and was a long-term member of both its Education Committee and Council.

In 2025, Natasha joined forces with former IMW Chair Cathy van Zyl MW to launch master-classes.org, which provides educational courses to MW candidates as well as to students who have got their Diploma and are thinking of becoming MW students.