Laurie Hook, Beringer

At a recent dinner at the much-hyped steakhouse CUT at 45 Park Lane, I caught up with the lovely Laurie Hook, chief winemaker of Beringer Vineyards in Napa Valley, California, to talk about about the importance of the UK as an export market, the foie gras ban in California, Moscato madness in the US, and whether being a female winemaker has been a challenge in such a male dominated industry.