James Halliday

Yarra Valley,  Australia

James Halliday is one of Australia's most respected wine writers and one of its most senior wine judges. He has combined his career as a partner in a large national law firm with that as a vigneron, first in the Hunter Valley from 1970, then in the Yarra Valley from 1985.
James Halliday co-founded Brokenwood winery in the Hunter Valley and Coldstream Hills in the Yarra Valley. In 1996, Coldstream Hills was acquired by Southcorp Wines and for the next four years, James Halliday was Group Winemaker, Regional Wineries at Southcorp Limited, where he was responsible for several wineries.
James Halliday has written and co-authored over 40 books on wine since 1979 and has contributed to numerous others, including Jancis Robinson's Oxford Companion to Wine and the Larousse Encyclopedia of Wine. His books have received numerous awards: Wine Spectator Book of the Year (Wine Atlas of California); Gold Award at the World Food Media Awards (Wine Atlas of Australia and New Zealand); Best Multimedia Lifestyle Product at the Australian Industry Multimedia Awards (James Halliday's Interactive Wine Companion of Australia and New Zealand CD-ROM). James Halliday also maintains twice-weekly wine columns in The Australian newspaper.

A wine judge since 1977, James Halliday has been Chairman of Judges of the Victorian Wine Show, Sydney International Winemakers Competition, Adelaide Wine Show and National Wine Show Canberra. He judges regularly in the United Kingdom, United States, South Africa and New Zealand.
James Halliday has been recognised at the highest level for his contribution to the wine industry. He has received awards that include the Charles Heidsieck Award for Excellence in Wine Journalism (1983), the James Beard award in both 1993 and 1994, the Julia Child award for Best Wine, Spirits or Beer Book (1994) and the Maurice O'Shea Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Australian wine industry (1995), which has been previously received by Max Schubert, David Wynn and Len Evans.

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