Top row, left to right: Sarah Harrison – IMW Head of Study Programme and Development, Michael Henley MW, Sophie Parker-Thomson MW, Pasi Ketolainen MW.
Bottom row, left to right: Justin Martindale MW, Edward Berry – Master Vintner, Cathy van Zyl MW – IMW Chair, Julian Gore-Booth – IMW Executive Director, Jonny Orton MW.Individual awards were given to Justin and Jonny, the 2022 MWs, for exceptional performance in a particular area of the MW exam.Jonny received the Villa Maria Award for his outstanding knowledge and understanding of viticulture and the Robert Mondavi Winery award for his performance across all the theory papers.For his outstanding tasting ability, Justin received the Madame Bollinger Medal, and the Quinta do Noval award for the best research paper, the evolving language of minerality in wine tasting: a case study of Decanter tasting notes 1976-2019.Research papers can be downloaded from the IMW website here.
As well as celebrating the new Masters of Wine, the ceremony honoured members who had reached their 50th and 60th year as MWs. Robin Crameri MW, Julian Falk MW and James John MW passed the exam in 1972, and Ian Bamford MW, John Brownsdon MW and David Peppercorn in 1962.
There are currently 415 Masters of Wine based in 30 different countries. |
