Thank you for visiting my site, the principal outlet for my wine writing. My passion for wine dates from a chance visit to the vineyards of Margaret River, beginning a journey through the great wine regions of the world, the vineyards of Australia and my present home in the Hunter Valley. In 1998, I was acknowledged by the wine industry with the Tucker Seabrook Award for Excellence in Wine as Dux of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust and in 1999 the NSW Winner of the Negociants Wine Fellowship. In 2006, I extended myself into the wine tourism sector with the development and establishment of the award winning guest house The Vintry, awarded the NSW Best Deluxe Accommodation in 2009 and  Best Deluxe Accommodation at the Hunter and Central Coast Tourism Awards 2009 and 2010.