JournalismFund Europe, Bruxelles

Eelco van Wieringen is a freelance investigative journalist for Buro Publieke Werken

Background in the wine industry as buyer, seller, sommelier, educator and advisor. Studied  post-academic investigative journalism in Utrecht and the Wine Academy in Holland. Many journalistic publications on wine and gastronomy, amongst others for Proefschrift, Bouillon Magazine, Horeca Entree and Financieel Dagblad. Two previous productions in the field of alcoholic beverages are "Advertising code for Alcoholic Beverages is on its last legs" and "Alcohol industry price war looming". These where published in the Financieel Dagblad Holland. These articles were about self-regulation in the alcoholic beverage sector without the legal obligation to comply with it and the consequences thereof. Amongst other factors, these publications led to the Dutch authorities taking over the self-regulation and put it in Dutch legislation.