Joanna Hutchins

Joanna Hutchins is the founder of Hutchins Wine Academy and a DipWSET-qualified sommelier and wine educator who teaches wine with clarity, warmth, and quiet authority.Her work is built around a simple belief: wine doesn’t have to feel complicated. It just has to make sense.Joanna is known for making wine accessible without ever making it simplistic.Her teaching style strips away intimidation and replaces it with understanding.Whether someone is at the beginning of their wine journey or refining an already developed palate, she meets them where they are and guides them forward with confidence and ease.Through Hutchins Wine Academy, Joanna has helped hundreds of curious drinkers build wine confidence through real, usable wine knowledge: how to taste, how to recognise structure, how to trust their own palate, and how to connect what’s in the glass to the place it comes from.At this retreat, Joanna leads tastings and sessions designed to be immersive, intuitive, and grounded in pleasure as much as learning.Expect thoughtful guidance, engaging conversation, and wine education that feels empowering rather than overwhelming.This is wine teaching for people who want to understand what they’re drinking, not memorise it.