Ned Goodwin

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Ned Goodwin
Born15 April 1969
London
NationalityDual Australia–Japan residency
Education Newington College
Occupation(s)Wine ambassador, educator & communicator
Title Master of Wine
ChildrenTwo

Ned Goodwin (born 15 April 1969) is an English-born Australian-raised Master of Wine. He has worked as a sommelier, educator, show judge, consultant, face of All Nippon Airways Business and First Class, TV wine show host and wine writer. [1] In 2010 he became one of a few Masters of Wine in Asia, and was the first in Japan. He now lives in Sydney, Australia, [2] and is the host of Langton’s TV, a Champagne Ambassador, a quality advisor for Biondi-Santi-Santi, owner of his own import company in Tokyo, educator and a member of the international jury of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards. [3]

Executive Style magazine is quoted as saying that he is "ideally placed to gauge what wines work best with Japanese food". [4] Goodwin has said that “while Japanese food and wine are not traditional brethren, an open minded yet sensitive understanding of the dominant flavours – sweet and salty – and textural delicacy, allows both the food and astutely chosen wines to sing.” [5]

Biography

Goodwin was born in London and raised in Sydney, Australia. [6] He attended Newington College (1981–1987) [7] before undertaking tertiary education in Tokyo and Paris. Goodwin has been a sommelier at Veritas in Manhattan, Les Juveniles in Paris and Michael's in Los Angeles. [8] He was the host of a Japanese television show on wine, Vintage (2000) and was a guest-lecturer on wine marketing at Keio University (2002-2004). As a writer he has appeared in the New York Times, The Japan Times, Newsweek and Elle. From 2001 until November 2012 he was a wine director of the restaurant group Global Dining Japan. Goodwin currently chooses the first class and business class wines for a Japanese airline and is a brand ambassador for a Champagne house in Asia. [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Ned Goodwin MW Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Why Japan has lost its MW Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards – Judges Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Executive Style: Asian connection Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Ned Goodwin hits Sydney for dinners at Ocean Room Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Independent Wine Centre Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  7. ↑ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp75
  8. ↑ The Japan Times: A guide in wine is a friend indeed Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  9. ↑ Wine Searcher — q&A: Ned Goodwin MW Retrieved 25 February 2018
  10. ↑ Newcastle Herald: Frequent Flyer – Ned Goodwin Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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