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Jeremy Oliver has been a professional wine writer and presenter for nearly 40 years. He says this project combines everything he has ever learned along the way.
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Wine is a universal language. It crosses countries and cultures. It breaks down barriers. And it brings people together.
A huge part of our love of wine comes from the buyer-winemaker relationship, and even more so, the buyer-seller experience. It’s our visits to the local vineyard and the conversations we have with the maker of our favourite shiraz. It’s our trips to the local wine store and the personal recommendations we’re given by the owner who sees us every week and knows that we love flavoursome, savoury wines. It’s our discovery journey where, with the help of makers and sellers, we experience unexpected pleasure from wines we never knew existed.
Today, with eCommerce thriving and self-checkouts taking over, our wine journey and buying experience is as impersonal and transactional as ever. I created Oliver’s Wines to restore this hyper-personal buying experience for wine lovers everywhere, no matter what age or what stage of their journey they’re on.
How? By providing free, independent and expert opinion relating to wines and their creators alongside a carefully curated retail selection of wine. Here, I’m offering only the wines I believe offer outstanding value at their price-points.
Through the knowledge and data that’s been collected over the years, as well as my decades-long experience in guiding people through their wine discovery journey, Oliver’s Wines is introducing the world’s finest and most personal wine recommendation software.
Whether you’re an experienced wine expert or just starting your journey, you’ll be treated as an audience of one. Your experience will be personal, pleasurable and educational.
I hope you enjoy the frankness and independence of an expert opinion, plus the stories and coverage we provide you with. I hope to inform and assist you. To provide you with the information and guidance you need to access great wine and get the most out of your discovery journey, today and in the future.
Whether you’re an experienced wine expert or just starting your journey, you’ll be treated as an audience of one. Your experience will be personal, pleasurable and educational.
I hope you enjoy the frankness and independence of an expert opinion, plus the stories and coverage we provide you with. I hope to inform and assist you. To provide you with the information and guidance you need to access great wine and get the most out of your discovery journey, today and in the future.
About Jeremy Oliver
Jeremy Oliver is one of the country’s leading wine writers and presenters, and Australia’s most influential wine presence in Asia. With the publication of his first book at just 23 years old, Thirst For Knowledge, he became the youngest-ever published wine author in the world. Today, he is deeply committed to Australian wine and is not afraid to be critical of it when he believes the occasion arises.
Born in 1961 in Ballarat, Victoria, Jeremy Oliver was educated in Australia and England. By the time he completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at the University of Melbourne, he had already decided to pursue a career he was passionate about: wine. After a year in Coonawarra—where he worked at Lindemans and Katnook Estate—he studied winemaking at Roseworthy College as a postgraduate in 1984.
Born in 1961 in Ballarat, Victoria, Jeremy Oliver was educated in Australia and England. By the time he completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at the University of Melbourne, he had already decided to pursue a career he was passionate about: wine. After a year in Coonawarra—where he worked at Lindemans and Katnook Estate—he studied winemaking at Roseworthy College as a postgraduate in 1984.
In 2022, Jeremy stands as the author of 30 wine-related books and annual guides. He is a fully independent wine commentator whose words are published in several countries and languages. He was the first western wine critic to create and publish a book in China specially for the Chinese audience and in their own language. He was the star of four seasons of an online bilingual wine TV series in China that attracted more than a million viewers each week. And he has made hundreds of appearances on radio and television.
Jeremy is a popular host of international corporate and wine-related events spanning from New York to Beijing. He has hosted most of the leading wine events in Australia, including the Maurice O’Shea Award and has frequently worked internationally as an ambassador for Australian wine.
Jeremy was listed in the World’s Top 20 Wine Critics by the 2018 BWW competition and tastingbook.com and is rated by Sopexa as one of the World’s Top 100 Palates. In late 2005 he was named the inaugural Wine Writer of the Year by the widely circulated Australian Wine Selector magazine.
Jeremy is a popular host of international corporate and wine-related events spanning from New York to Beijing. He has hosted most of the leading wine events in Australia, including the Maurice O’Shea Award and has frequently worked internationally as an ambassador for Australian wine.
Jeremy was listed in the World’s Top 20 Wine Critics by the 2018 BWW competition and tastingbook.com and is rated by Sopexa as one of the World’s Top 100 Palates. In late 2005 he was named the inaugural Wine Writer of the Year by the widely circulated Australian Wine Selector magazine.
