First Monthly Winner of The Wine Blokes Best Review Competition

By Jono • December 5, 2008

Congratulations to Josh of Adelaide, South Australia who has won The Wine Blokes Best review competition for November 2008. He wins a bottle 2008 Smithbrook Sauvignon Blanc signed by the winemaker.

Remember, anyone can enter by simply writing a review of a wine. It can be long, short, whimsical, harsh, humourous, a short story on a wine, from an angle you want. We will simply chose the review we think the best each month, and the winner will receive a bottle of wine, posted to their door.

All the criteria to enter can be found here.

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Jono

Jono has been involved in the wine industry since he was quite young. His parents had a small vineyard and winery in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia, and spent plenty of school holidays working in the vineyard and winery. He completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Oenology) from the University of Adelaide (formely the Roseworthy Agricultural College). He also holds a Post Graduate Degree in Business Management from Monash University. His wine industry experience include working as a winemaker for Petaluma in the Adelaide Hills under the legendary Brian Croser. He was then sent to Smithbrook in the Pemberton region of Western Australia, then owned by Petaluma. He spent 6 years at Smithbrook managing the vineyard and winery, and during that time also completed a vintage at Chateau Carsin in Bordeaux. The two years leading into 2008, he traveled the world with his partner sampling the worlds best wines, and also fulfilling his other passion of equestrian competition.

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