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Nick Bulleid, MW Judge   
 

Nick is an independent wine industry consultant, providing assistance to companies in four states with winemaking, valuation, blending, marketing and vineyard development and more. He has judged at the Sydney,Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Hobart wine shows, the Sydney International Wine Competition and many regional shows. Nick is a director and shareholder of Brokenwood Wines Pty Ltd and for five vintages shared the winemaking duties.He currently selects wines for a virtual retailer Back Vintage Wines which, within two years, has achieved considerable commercial success.
Huon Hooke, Judge  
  Huon is a leading independent wine writer, who makes his living entirely out of writing, judging, lecturing and educating about wine. Since 1984 he has won eight awards for wine writing. The latest is the Wine Communicator of the Year for 2008. He is best known for his weekly columns in the Sydney Morning Herald Good Living section, and regular articles and tasting notes in Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine, for which he is contributing editor, a tasting panel member and a columnist. Huon also judges about ten wine competitions a year in Australia and overseas.
   
Christian Gaffey, Judge
 

Christian is Senior Procurement Manager at Wine Selectors. Wine Selectors is Australia’s largest independent direct marketer of wine, delivering countless cases of wine each year to over 200,000 customers. Christian has worked extensively for wineries in NSW and is now the winemaker at Jackson’s Hill in the Hunter Valley. Throughout his career he has been awarded numerous trophies and awards. Christian is also a highly respected Wine Show Judge and for the last four years has judged at the London International Wine Show.