Spotlight

Name: Chris Morrison, Wine Director for QT Hotels and Resorts What was your ‘watershed’ wine moment? Working in hard core French wine teams as a sommelier for Sir Terrance Conran in London during the late 90’s. How would you describe your wine collection? After a year of stand down – empty. What is the most … Continued

Name: Michael McIntosh, Fine Wine Brand Ambassador for Accolade Wines. How long have you been in the wine industry? 10 years in the wine industry per se, but 20 years total working with wine including my previous hospitality and sommelier roles. What was your ‘watershed’ wine moment? At 19 years old I was lucky enough … Continued

Name: Erin Baulderstone, Global Social Media & Content Manager at RIEDEL. How long have you been in the wine industry? I started working in an admin role at RIEDEL in 2009, which was supposed to give me the experience to step into a completely different industry. 12 years later, I’m now working in a brand … Continued

Name: James Young, National Sales Manager at Torbreck. What was your ‘watershed’ wine moment? I was lucky enough to rent a room in the home of a woman who was a wine distributor. She imported a range of amazing wines and was very generous with the wines and her knowledge of wine in general. What is … Continued

Name: Penny Grant, Market Manager – Shaw + Smith What was your ‘watershed’ wine moment? I think I was about 16 and my mum gave me a small glass of 1996 Sassicaia. It was the first time I really looked at wine in a different way, and sparked my desire to pursue a career in wine. … Continued

Name: Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion tasting panel member & freelance wine writer How long have you been working with wine? I have been a journalist for 44 years. I was a cadet when I started the wine column at The Sun News-Pictorial (now Herald-Sun). It was the biggest selling newspaper of its day and … Continued