Don Philpott  spent 20 years as a senior correspondent with Press Association/Reuters wire service traveling the world on assignments. In 1988 he founded Mediawise in London offering writing services and moved the company to the U.S. in 1994. He has had more than 5,000 articles and 56 books published on travel, wine, food, diet and health.

He has written for almost every major newspaper and magazine in the UK over the last 10 years and contributed to radio and TV programs. In the US, he has been published in USA Today, Orlando Sentinel, Miami Herald, Gourmet, Wine Business, Financial Sentinel and many other publications. He recently completed a five year project writing a series of 22 travel guidebooks on Florida and the Caribbean.

Recent books include The Trailside Cookbook, which was co-authored with his wife Pam, Norwegian Fjords and the Landmark Visitors Guide to the Florida Keys. He is host of www.wineinfo101.com,  a wine and food appreciation web site and managing editor of Florida Features which specializes in articles on Florida and the Caribbean. He is a member of the International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association and the North American Travel Journalists Association.