Reason #5 - Acclaimed UK Wine Journalist Jamie Goode Joins the Judging Team
Important Note: The shipping deadline to the Western consolidation point is May 22.
We are delighted to announce that, for the second year in a row, UK-based wine journalist Dr. Jamie Goode will be a part of our panel of judges in Niagara Falls, Ontario at the WineAlign National Wine Awards of Canada 2015.
Jamie's experience in wine very much mirrors that of our regular judges, which made for a seamless fit inside the tasting room in 2014. Of course another view, and one from Europe, should prove useful to those wineries engaged in the competition and hoping to expand their export horizons.
Jamie first visited Ontario wine regions in 2013 during The International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration and British Columbia wineries during his time at the Nationals in 2014. This year, he will again visit Ontario wineries as part of the judges' tour.
After last year's trip to the Okanagan to judge the National Wine Awards of Canada 2014, Jamie published "Thinking out loud about Canadian wine" on his blog wineanorak.com. He had this to say about the Nationals:
The WineAlign judges are highly competent and well travelled, and it was painless judging with them. The organization of these wine awards, which involved opening over 4,000 bottles, pouring flights for each judge, and then collating the results in real time, was superb. Which means that judges can get on with the process of judging wine. The process was thorough, and every wine was given respect and time to show its best. - Dr. Jamie Goode
Dr. Goode completed a PhD in plant biology and worked as a science editor before switching careers to wine writing. He's a book author (The Science of Wine and Authentic Wine - both with University of California Press), writes a weekly wine column for a national newspaper (The Sunday Express), and blogs daily at wineanorak.com, one of the world's most popular wine websites. An experienced wine judge, he's a panel chair for the International Wine Challenge each year, and has judged wine in France, Australia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Serbia. He tweets as @jamiegoode.
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