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| I came home to this. Not bad at all Sydney |
After 9 weeks, 10 countries, 35 hotel rooms (including the odd Airbnb apartment and such) and many many airports, it’s genuinely great to be home.
Travel is an addictive beast, but after a while you just long for your own bed (and pillow. So many bad pillows). More than that, it felt like my Australian life was on hold while I was away, and there is now much to do.
Maybe I’ll just start planning next year’s trip regardless.
At 18, I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, slogging through physics and chemistry, so a liquor shop seemed like fun. Needless to say, I discovered wine, and my life evolved with a unique dual focus - wine and environment.
Twenty years later and I spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer.
I now judge at wine shows around the world, sit on the Australian Wine List of the Year awards panel and was once a Wine Journalism Young Gun (but baby that was years ago).
Currently, I write features for a variety of publications including National Liquor News, Gourmet Traveller WINE and the RAS, plus I'm a former Lifestyle FOOD channel wine expert.
In 2019 and 2020 I was voted in the Top 30 Best Wine Critics in The World, and in my spare time, I'm a sucker for punishment and run trail ultra marathons, much to the delight of my long-suffering family. Read more about me here or get in touch to book your next wine event with me here
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Might want to consider a pedicure first old boy.
And consider catching up on some AFL scores to?
Go hawks
Oh yes…..welcome home!!!
Colin r
Ha. I woke up at dawn on Saturday in London to watch the game. Shouldn't have bothered #nocontest