In our Dry Extract mini-interview feature we ask top professionals in the world of wine, food and travel to answer 13 deceptively simple questions in a quick-fire fashion.
Nigel Sneyd MW is the global director of wine and quality for Accolade Wines in Australia and a board member of the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI). He studied oenology in Australia and in Lyon, France and subsequently achieved an MBA at the Universities of Adelaide and Monash. With winemaking secondments in nearly every continent, he also was director of winemaking for E&J Gallo in California. Nigel was also Director of Domaine de la Baume in France, and later director of a négociant business specialising in high-end appellation wines from the Languedoc.
To apply for the position of manager of extension and advisory services at AWRI when still only 25 years old (from the late Ian Hickinbotham).
We can always do better!
The World of Fine Wine current issue.
Recently, Jeff Beck playing Nitin Sawney’s Nadia live at Ronnie Scott’s in London.
Bored witless!
Being able to better swing a golf club…
Golf, although I really should force a little harder on the athletic front.
Eating with wine to accompany, listening to music, watching films, walking on the beach.
I’ve moved so many time I tend not to collect. Some wines have managed to follow me though.
The Economist
Living away from my home country
Piedmontese truffles shaved over fresh pasta and a ’78 Château Léoville Las Cases.
