Congrats to Greg Sherwood MW
Congratulations to my old buddy Greg Sherwood, who has written several articles on South African wine for wineanorak, on being awarded his MW. [For those unfamiliar with this award, MW stands for Master of Wine; it's a fiendishly difficult task to pass the exams, and there are fewer than 300 MWs worldwide.]
Greg, a South African, manages the Handford Wine shop on the Old Brompton Road.
posted by Jamie @ 1:12 PM
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Have you considered going for the MW yourself, Jamie?
Yes, it's something I'd like to try. After next February, I may have the time to make this a realistic goal. It would be a lot of work - but I'm sure I would learn a great deal.
Jamie - I have just been reading your write up of the South West & Wales competition 2008 ( England ) - and thanks for starting of with how delicious some of the wines were.
However you also seemed to expect some" shockers " as you put it - and I'm glad you were surprised not to find many.
The answer is quite simple.
81 of the 89 award winners were made by 7 winemakers - 6 of whom feature very strongly in the English wine awards too.
I could only find 8 wines made by " enthusiastic part timers" which won an award.
The concentration of expertise in a few professional wineries and winemakers is a big part of the reason why English wines are being
" Hyped " now as you put it.
I don't know if you have visited the wineries concerned -but I would suspect you would be generally impressed by the winemaking standards and indeed the top quality equipment you would find there.
You are welcome to visit us at Yearlstone ( 8 awards at the nationals, 7 at the regionals ) whenever you like.
We have spent I think 1/4 million on our kit - in all, -
Hope you return for some more judging in the future
thanks
Roger White
Yearlstone Vineyard
Bickleigh
On further analysis Jamie
7o of the 89 awards came from
4 winemakers.
Juliet White ( Yearlstone )
Duncah Schwab ( Sharpham )
Martin Fowke ( 3 Choirs )
Sam Lindo ( Camel )
cheers
roger
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