Originally a Dutchman, I grew up in Germany and have lived in many parts of the world since. My love affair with nature began when I was a kid, collecting medicinal herbs and drying them on a friend's loft. I have been a wild food forager for some 40 years now. Since 2004 I have lived on the border between Liguria and Tuscany, an area particularly rich in biodiversity. Earlier this year I have published my first book: Lightfoot Guide to Foraging – Wild Foods by the Wayside.
My experience in the wine trade started back in 1989. While in England I worked 15 years for a number of different independent wine merchants on retail and wholesale, supplying some of the finest restaurants in London. I also was in charge of purchasing and sourcing wines from around the world. During this time I also passed my Wine and Spirit Education Trust Diploma and studied to become a Master of Wine and was on the tasting panel for WINE Magazine.
Since coming to Italy I represented a number of small family run wineries helping them to find export markets, I run wine tasting seminars and winery tours on request, but mostly I feed my family as a subsistence farmer, cultivating a small piece of Ligurian hillside along permaculture principles and by gathering food from the wild.
Welcome to Tuscan Talent
Heiko Vermeulen
My experience in the wine trade started back in 1989. While in England I worked 15 years for a number of different independent wine merchants on retail and wholesale, supplying some of the finest restaurants in London. I also was in charge of purchasing and sourcing wines from around the world. During this time I also passed my Wine and Spirit Education Trust Diploma and studied to become a Master of Wine and was on the tasting panel for WINE Magazine.
Since coming to Italy I represented a number of small family run wineries helping them to find export markets, I run wine tasting seminars and winery tours on request, but mostly I feed my family as a subsistence farmer, cultivating a small piece of Ligurian hillside along permaculture principles and by gathering food from the wild.
Welcome to Tuscan Talent
Heiko Vermeulen
Heiko Vermeulen will develop the
TUSCAN TALENT "FOOD & WINE" Section
by recommending and writing blogs and reviews on Wild Food, culinary recipes, Wine selection and Wine tasting.