The British journalist and wine author Cyrus Redding (1785-1870) initially worked in London for the newspaper "Pilot" before publishing the "Plymouth Chronicle" and then the "West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser." In 1814, he traveled to Paris, where he served as the editor of various magazines. He then gave up journalism and wrote books, including "Gabrielle: a Tale of the Swiss Mountains" and "Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea." He then dedicated himself to the subject of wine, traveling to many wine regions, describing and evaluating their wines. In 1833, he published "A History and Description of Modern Wines," which was influenced by the works of the two wine authors André Jullien (1766-1832) and Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756-1832).
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