Penning-Rowsell, Edmund (1913–2002), English wine writer with a scholarly interest in the history and wines of Bordeaux in particular. Educated at Marlborough College and a lifelong socialist, he was a journalist on the Morning Post from 1930 until 1935, when he began a career of almost 30 years as a book publisher. He was introduced to the pleasures of wine when his wife’s employer at the BBC gave her as a leaving present (only unmarried females were then regarded as suitable employees) some non-vintage Moulin-à-Vent. Correspondence and eventual friendship with Bristol wine merchant Ronald avery was another formative influence.
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