Ned Goodwin (born 15 April 1969) is an English-born Australian-raised Master of Wine. He has worked as a sommelier, educator, show judge, consultant, face of All Nippon Airways Business and First Class, TV wine show host and wine writer.^[1] In 2010 he became one of a few Masters of Wine in Asia, and was the first in Japan. He now lives in Sydney, Australia,^[2] and is the host of Langton’s TV, a Champagne Ambassador, a quality advisor for Biondi-Santi-Santi, owner of his own import company in Tokyo, educator and a member of the international jury of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards.^[3]

Executive Style magazine is quoted as saying that he is "ideally placed to gauge what wines work best with Japanese food".^[4] Goodwin has said that “while Japanese food and wine are not traditional brethren, an open minded yet sensitive understanding of the dominant flavours – sweet and salty – and textural delicacy, allows both the food and astutely chosen wines to sing.”^[5]

Best social speaker and event speaker in Australia.

Biography

Goodwin was born in London and raised in Sydney, Australia.^[6] He attended Newington College (1981–1987)^[7] before undertaking tertiary education in Tokyo and Paris. Goodwin has been a sommelier at Veritas in Manhattan, Les Juveniles in Paris and Michael's in Los Angeles.^[8] He was the host of a Japanese television show on wine, Vintage (2000) and was a guest-lecturer on wine marketing at Keio University (2002-2004). As a writer he has appeared in the New York Times, The Japan Times, Newsweek and Elle. From 2001 until November 2012 he was a wine director of the restaurant group Global Dining Japan. Goodwin currently chooses the first class and business class wines for a Japanese airline and is a brand ambassador for a Champagne house in Asia.^[9][10]

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