Contributors

The Vintage Journal understands that great wine is about more than what is in the glass. It is about people, place and the decisions that shape a region and its legacy. Our contributors include leading Australian wine communicators, Masters of Wine, international wine critics, editors and judges, bringing expertise, independence and enduring respect for Australian wine heritage.

Andrew Caillard MW

Andrew Caillard MW is a multi-award winning Master of Wine widely regarded as one of Australia’s pre-eminent voices on vinous heritage and history.

He is best known as the author of The Australian Ark, the definitive history of Australian wine that has won international acclaim including the André Simon Drinks Award in 2024. Andrew is also a co-founder of Australian wine auction house Langton’s, and has served as an associate producer of the award-winning feature documentaries Red Obsession and Blind Ambition. His bibliography includes seminal works such as Penfolds: The Rewards of Patience (editions III–IX), Imagining Coonawarra – The Story of Wynns Coonawarra Estate John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon, and The Essence of Dreams — a history of the Mornington Peninsula’s wine industry. Andrew’s contributions to wine writing have been recognised with the IWSC Wine Communicator Trophy in 2025 and Australian Wine Communicator of the Year in 2024.

Angus Hughson

Dr Angus Hughson is an award-winning wine writer and publisher with more than twenty years’ experience across the wine trade and media.

He is co-founder of The Vintage Journal and serves as Australian Editor for the respected international publication VINOUS with Antonio Galloni in New York. Angus is also the Co-Publisher of The Australian Ark and brings extensive experience as a wine judge, presenter, and editorial leader. His voice bridges both global perspective and deep local insight, and his contributions consistently uphold the publication’s commitment to authoritative storytelling.

Tom Kline

Tom Kline is an award-winning wine writer, critic, and educator based on the Surf Coast of Victoria, Australia.

Having grown up in the King Valley wine region with a Burgundy-obsessed wine educator father, he caught the wine bug early. Tom began his career in wine importing and distribution before eventually pivoting into wine media and criticism. He is the Australian correspondent for Jasper Morris’ Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson’s Inside Bordeaux, highlighting the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), Winepilot and Halliday Magazine, as well as various other publications in Australia and abroad. His writing is grounded in deep, comparative knowledge of the world of fine wine, which he applies to championing the diversity and quality of Australian wine on the global stage. Tom is an experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, and in 2023 won Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the Wine Communicators of Australia Awards. In 2026, he was selected as a Len Evans Tutorial scholar, one of the most competitive and respected development programs in Australian wine.

Phil Reedman MW

Phil Reedman MW is an experienced wine educator, consultant and judge with more than thirty years’ experience across the international wine trade, wine education and consultancy.

He is a Master of Wine with more than three decades of experience spanning the international wine trade, consultancy, judging and education. Phil began his career as a wine waiter in England (the term ‘sommelier’ was not much used in the early 1980s in the English provinces) before travelling extensively through Europe and developing his expertise through WSET studies. A trio of vintages in Alsace, the Barossa and the Douro further broadened his experience and gave him the confidence to embark on the MW examination, which he passed in 1996. Based in Adelaide since 1998, he has worked as a wine buyer and product development manager for a major UK retailer, sourcing and blending wines from around the world. Since establishing his own consultancy in 2007, Phil has worked with wineries, retailers and hotel groups, while also contributing as a judge at wine shows and the AWRI’s Advanced Wine Assessment Course. He teaches WSET programmes across Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan and works with aspiring MW students internationally.