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JAZZ WINES MESSAGE:
Fabulous Jazz and Wine Reception with Thanks
Jan 15

PROUD SPONSORS:


ISA International
Shiraz Alliance
shirazalliance.com


WBGO Jazz FM in New York, New Jersey and on the web at WBGO.org


JAZZ WINES COLLABORATION:
Local Festivals, Tasting & Explorer Programs

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International Honors

John Duvall was named International Winemaker of the Year at Britain’s 1989 International Wine & Spirit Competition.

In 1991, and again in 2000, he was named Red Winemaker of the Year at the UK International Wine Challenge.

In 1995, Wine Spectator Magazine named the 1990 Grange Wine of the Year.

Winemaker

John Duval (Chief Winemaker, Director)

Winery

John Duval Wines

John Duval grew up on a sheep farm outside Adelaide where he spent his early years among grape vines planted by his father and grandfather.

He attended the University of Adelaide and afterward completed a postgraduate diploma at Roseworthy.

John joined Penfolds in 1974. As Assistant Winemaker, he learned from then Managers, John Davoren and Kevin Schroeter, and grew under the guidance of Max Schubert and Chief Winemaker Don Ditter.

In 1986 John took over as Chief Winemaker. He held the position for the next 16 years, successfully shepherding the famous Grange and establishing himself as a world leading winemaker developing his own voice with such wines as the widely acclaimed RWT Shiraz.

John left Penfold’s in late 2002 to establish John Duval Wines. He had a few years of transition, as he passed the torch to a new generation.

Now consulting as a winemakers to leaders in Australia and abroad, John serves up his own wine, participates in the American brand Oriel and recently released Entity and Plexus.