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President - Phil Laing
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President from the 1998 Show onwards, Phil was a founder of the Society in
1990. He is author and photographer of Tasmanian Wines (1998,
Millennium, 2003 and upcoming editions), contibutes to national publications,
and is a wine educator.
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Vice-President - Steve Lockwood
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Steve joined the committee after the 1996 show, motivated by his
enthusiasm for the Tasmanian wine industry. He and his wife Sue have enjoyed
collecting and consuming wine for the past two decades. Steve and Sue have three
sons. When he was just 14 months old, their son Morgan toured with them
around SA's Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale, plus Margaret River and the Great
Southern in WA. Steve's education and work background is in science and
education. He loves gardening, is interested in preserving native endangered
species, and has a native garden in Trevallyn, Launceston.
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Secretary - Richard Doyle
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Dr Richard Doyle has been on the TWS committee for five years, the last four
as secretary. Richard is a cool climate wine lover and strong advocate of single
site wines and the idea of wine regionality, best expounded in the French
concept of terroir.
He is a Senior Lecturer in Soil Science with the School of Agricultural
Sceince and the Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research at the University
of Tasmania. He has given many seminars and talks, often accompanied with Phil
Laing, on the relationship of soil and geology to vineyard site suitability and
to wine quality. He is currently supervising a PhD study by Sam Rees into
viticultural soils and Pinot Noir vigour.
His wife Robyn is also a wine lover and thus getting to know Tasmania's
wonderful Pinot Noir, bubbles and aged Riesling's are a mutually rewarding
hobby. Robyn and Richard have toured all the Pinot Noir regions of the world and
post-children they plan to repeat this fantastic journey, call it quality
assurance!
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Treasurer - Phil Dunham
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Phil along with his wife and partner Eunice, are owner operators of their 2.2
hectare Parallax organic vineyard.
In a previous life, Phil spent 39 years working in the National and
International Television industry, principally as an Outside Broadcast Manager,
covering events both many and varied. He has been a committee member for 4 years
or so and Treasurer for the last 3.
After years of searching, Parallax finally became a reality for Phil and
Eunice in 2004. Whilst still developing the property for vineyard production,
November 2006 saw the first plantings of Pinot Noir and Riesling.
“It’s been a terrific challenge, especially being totally organic, most times
tiring, but always rewarding.”
“Working in the Media, I met lots of interesting and lovely people all over
the world. Happily, whilst remaking myself as an organic viticulturist, I’m
still meeting interesting and wonderful people in the world of
wine.”
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Committee Member - Michael Vishaki
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Michael and his wife Sharon moved to Tasmania and purchased the Panorama
vineyard where they are raising their daughters Natasha and Jasmine. They
constructed a new winery and cellar door facility and have built a new home
overlooking their vineyard. Michael is the Panorama winemaker and makes other
wines under contract. He has also developed other new Tasmanian vineyards under
contract as well as expanding the Panorama vineyard
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Committee Member - Cesidio "Ces" Tucceri
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Ces is the long term sommelier and current licensee of T42, Hobart’s icon
waterfront bar and restaurant. He spent nine years working at Bertie’s, his
family’s restaurant and a former Hobart institution. He has also worked as a
plant propagator, he holds a certificate of Horticulture, and ran the family
vineyard Antipodes. Ces’ wife is Narelle and they have two young children,
daughter Ruby and son Umberto.
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Chief Steward - Tim O'Shea
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Tim graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Wine Science) degree from
Charles Sturt University in 1998.
Assessed as "most reliable taster" in his graduating year, Tim was appointed
as an Associate Judge at the Liquorland National Wine Show in 1997.
Tim has completed the AWRI's Advanced Wine Assessment Course, and
attended Masters of Wine intensive tasting seminars in 1999, 2000 and 2001.
He has worked as a vintage cellar hand over several vintages including at
McWilliams Wines Hanwood Winery (Griffith), Mount Pleasant Winery (Hunter
Valley), Yellowglen (Central Victoria) and Domaine Chandon (Yarra
Valley).
In 2007 Tim was a steward at the 2007 Tasmanian Wine Show. He was
appointed Chief Steward for the Tasmanian Wine Show in 2008. Tim
has also provided support for the Top of the Taste judging panel in
2007-2010.
Tim has also worked with the Red Hill Show Society as Chief Steward for the
International Cool Climate Wine Show in 2010 and 2011.
Tim ran the 1-day course Wine for Everyone for Adult Education in
May 2008 and May 2009. A visit to the Argentinean wine regions in late
2010 has provided him with a mountain of data for a book on these wines.
Tim maintains the Society's website.
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