Posted: March 7, 2017
Freelance International trading consultant. Has been a winemaker and judge for 34 years including senior red winemaker for Hardys and owner/winemaker for Bereford/Step Road Wines. Senior wine show judge at Adelaide for a number of years.
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Wine importer and burgundy specialist, Duke Wine Company. Has judged in Australia and overseas.
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Winemaker at Wolf Blass Wines for the past 13 years, specialising in cool climate Adelaide Hills wines. Judged at wine shows; Royal Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Clare, Barossa, Alternative – Mildura, and Small winemakers shows. Has vintaged in Mornington Peninsula and…
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Winemaker with Petaluma since 1997. Has had previous vintages at Tyrrell’s in 2002 and J.L.Wolf (Pflalz, Germany) and Dr Loosen (Mosel) in 2005. Completed the Advanced Wine Assessment Course (AWRI) in 2004 and was involved in the Adelaide Wine Show,…
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Winemaker for Drayton Family Wines. Fifth generation of the family involved with the industry. Has judged at the Hunter Valley Wine Show. Associate judge at the Adelaide and Sydney wine shows.
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Winemaker/proprietor for Bloodwood wines. Associate judge for NSW shows. Topped wine appreciation course at Australian Wine Research Institute in 2002. Has conducted 26 vintages around Australia.
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Winemaker for Koonara Wines. Formerly chief winemaker for Wynns Coonawarra. A Bachelor of Agricultural Science in Oenology, he has completed more than 20 vintages. Peter has been an associate judge at the Griffith and Canberra wine shows.
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A senior lecturer in wine and beverages at AUT, Cameron is the sole Master Sommelier in New Zealand or Australia.
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Winemaker for Peter Lehmann Wines. Tim has worked vintages in the US at Napa and Sonoma; Italy in Tuscany, and Barolo and Niagara in Canada as well as at home in the Barossa, McLaren Vale, and the Hunter Valley. His…
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Known as “Sticks”, Rob Dolan has been a winemaker for 20 years, in the Coonawarra, Hunter and Yarra Valleys. He is general manager of Sticks Yarra Valley and Brand New Vintage Ltd. Regular judge at Victorian wine shows.
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Owner of Dolan Wines. Formerly chief winemaker for Wyndham Estate Wines and group Red winemaker for the Fosters Wine Group and Saltram chief winemaker. Previously senior winemaker and manager at Seppelt Wines. 10 years’ experience as senior judge.
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Senior winemaker for Barossa and McLaren Vale for Cellarmaster Wines. Has more than 25 years’ experience in the wine industry.
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Oenologist and psychologist. 20 years as director of the Victorian Wine Show. Judge at Melbourne, Sydney and Victorian regional shows.
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Head winemaker at Fox Creek. Former red winemaker at Lindemans Karadoc winery. Judge at the Swan Hill Wine Show. Associate judge at Canberra.
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Chief winemaker at Tempus Two. From 1997 an associate and senior judge at various wine shows, including Sydney, Adelaide and the Hunter Valley. Initially from New Zealand, has previously worked for Brokenwood, with a number of vintages in Rhone.
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Wine retailer and owner of Chateau Guildford. An educator in wine marketing with extensive senior wine show judging experience around Western Australia, involving 30 national shows.
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Director of Ashbrook Estate Wines. Judge at the Perth Royal Wine Show for the past 30 years and recently panel chairman. Also panel chairman at WA Wine Show, and other regional shows. Has judged in South Africa.
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Winemaking in the Hunter since 1998. Judge at the Hunter Valley Wine Show and NSW Small Winemakers Show. Len Evans tutorial scholar 2004.
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Posted: March 7, 2017
Chairman and managing director of Taransaud, Oak Coopers. Formerly chief winemaker of Constellation – Hardy Wine Company for 20 years.
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Posted: March 7, 2017
Sparkling winemaker for Yalumba (Victoria) and Jansz (Tasmania). Has completed vintages in Beaujolais (France), Oregon (USA), Eden Valley (SA), Western Australia and Tasmania. Has been an associate judge at the Mt Barker Wine Show and the Canberra Wine Show.
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Managing director of Tamburlaine Wines. Has judged at the Hunter Valley Wine Show.
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Director and winemaker for Shingleback Wines. Previously spent more than eight years with Mildara Blass and with various contract jobs, then developed his own label and 80-hectare vineyard at McLaren Vale.
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Sales & Marketing manager for the Spanish Aquisition for the past three years. Has extensively travelled in Spain for buying opportunities.
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Winemaker, Hoddles Creek Estate in the Yarra Valley. He learnt his craft at Coldstream Hills, Red Edge and with former Mt Mary winemaker, Mario Marson. As part of the D’Anna family who own Bocaccio Cellars, one of the biggest importers…
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Chief winemaker at the family’s Crittenden Estate. Previously winemaker for Dromana Estate for the past 10 years. Has also made wine in Oregon, California, Italy and the Hunter Valley. Associate judge at the Alternative Varieties Show.
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Winemaker for Serafino Wines. Formerly winemaker for Boar’s Rock, Ben Riggs & Villa Tinto. Has vintaged overseas at Cazal-Viel in France & Golden State vintage in California.
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Winemaker at All Saints Estate and St Leonard’s wineries. Has completed vintages in the Hunter Valley and Yarra Valley. Spent four years in the London wine trade with Oddbins wine merchants.
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Goundrey winemaker for the past four years. Has conducted numerous vintages in Spain, South Africa, California, France and Romania.
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Technical director of Te Mata Estate, in Hawke’s Bay, and an experienced senior national wine judge.
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Posted: March 7, 2017
Senior oenologist with AWRI. He has wide vintage experience including Barossa, Sunraysia, Great Western, Coonawarra, Tasmania, including Burgundy, Priorat, Penedes, Martinborough. Judge at New England Wine Show.
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Master of Wine, wine/liquor consultant. Wine educator; radio presenter for ABC radio (612 4QR) on ‘Tabletalk’ a wine and food program. Judges at wine shows including Royal Melbourne, Brisbane, Cairns, and Australian Small Winemakers; teaches wine courses
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Former editor of Wine & Dine magazine (Singapore & Hong Kong); convenor for Wine Japan and regular judge in New Zealand wine competitions.
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Posted: March 7, 2017
Winestate’s New Zealand editor is author of the internationally acclaimed Wine Atlas of New Zealand and the annual Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide to New Zealand Wines. In the 2004 New Year Honours, Michael was appointed an Officer of the New…
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Retired. Has previously won the Australian Lager Gold Medal 1st prize, the Australian Amateur National Brewing Championship Canberra 1998 and the Australian Amateur National Brewing Championship SA Best Australian Brewer. Has judged at the State Amateur B
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Posted: March 7, 2017
Winemaker for over ten years with Paul Conti Wines. Judge at Perth wine show and associate judge in Mt Barker (WA) and Tasmania.
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Sales and Marketing manager for Pirramimma Wines. Over 30 years in the wine industry including Krondorf, Mildara, Remy & Mildara Blass, Grant Burge and Serafino. Wine panelist judge with previous wineries. Avowed Pinotphile.
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Senior winemaker Wirra Wirra Wines. Has completed vintages in Oregon, Italy and with Cape Mentelle and Brokenwood in Australia. Associate judge at Canberra, Sydney and McLaren Vale shows.
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Winemaker and vineyard manager for di Lusso Wines in Mudgee. Has also worked a vintage at Poet’s Corner Wines. Associate judge at the Mudgee wine show.
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Owner/Winemaker for Woodstock Winery & Coterie. Completed his oenology degree at Roseworthy Agricultural College in 1979. Judged with the Adelaide Wine Show for four years.
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Winemaker for Cofield Wines.
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Winemaker for Coates Wines. Duane has a Masters of Oenology from Adelaide University and has gained overseas winemaking experience in Burgundy, the Northern Rhone Valley regions in France, and the Douro Valley in Portugal.
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Senior winemaker at Katnook Estate. Previously a winemaker with the Yalumba Wine Co since 1998. Associate judge at the Barossa Wine Show, Stanthorpe Small Winemakers and Adelaide wine show.
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Posted: March 7, 2017
Owner/director/winemaker/viticulturalist of his own winery in Victoria’s Great Western region. Former winemaker at Hungerford Hill, Best’s Wines and Warrenmang. Judged at Melbourne, Ballarat, Victorian Wine Show and Swan Hill.
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Winemaker for Arila Gardens. Previously winemaker for Pirathon, Penfolds, Lindemans and Taylors. Has completed vintages at Marchesi de Frescobaldi in Chianti and Pellegrin in California. Judge at the Alternative Varieties show Cairns, Queensland Wine Awards and Clare Valley wine show.
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Winemaker/owner of the Hedonist Wine Company. Formerly winemaker/owner of Ingoldby Wines. Associate judge at Cowra and has judged for the Malaysia Airlines panel.
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Posted: March 7, 2017
Director of Nick’s Wine Merchants in Melbourne.
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Senior winemaker for Alkoomi Wines. Previously with O’Leary Walker Wines. Associate judge at the Clare Valley Wine Show & Sheraton Perth & Royal Perth wine shows.
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Chief winemaker for Ross Estate Wines. 40 plus years’ winemaking experience with companies such as Orlando, Saltram, Krondorf, Penfolds, Kaiser Stuhl and Kingston Estate. Has judged at Adelaide, Rutherglen and National Wine Shows.
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Former chairman of judges at the Melbourne Wine Show, a position held for over 20 years. Owner of Chambers Winery in Rutherglen.
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Network Engineer with Internode Systems. Has been a regular state and national beer judge in various competitions. Certified BJCP judge.
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