Career
He is the series editor for the Infinite Ideas Wine Library. Mayson entered the wine trade in 1984 and spent five years working for the Wine Society, the world"s oldest mail-order wine club In 1987 he was awarded the Worshipful Company of Vintners" Scholarship and spent three months in the vineyards of Iberia.
He also lectures for the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) and Leith"s School of Food and Wine in London.
In 1999 he was made a Cavaleiro of the Confraria do Vinho do Porto in recognition of his services to the port wine trade. He is currently the regional chairman for Portuguese and Madeira wines for the annual Decanter World Wine (DWWA).
Mayson was educated at Uppingham School, Rutland. He graduated from the University of Sheffield (Bachelor Honours Geography) in 1983.
