John Baker

John Baker was a hotelier and rock ’n’ roll promoter in the eighties era of Midnight Oil, INXS and Cold Chisel. He became a wine merchant creating a number of fine wine stores, including Quaffers Double Bay Cellars and the Newport Bottler, as well as the importing business Bordeaux Shippers. He likes wine from anywhere (as long as it’s very good) and is now more involved with a mixture of projects including the business of olive oil as he says it’s good for his health and less punishing the next day.

His first book is the best-selling Stalin’s Wine Cellar co-authored with Nick Place and published by Penguin Books (September 2020).