He is a wine, food, and travel journalist and has currently moved down here to TasVegas. We had a delightful chat about how he got into the industry, what being a journo involves, and how to get into it. But what I really wanted to talk about was the internet.
Now that everyone is connected via Facebook, Twitter, Linkdin, etc, everyone gets to be a critic (including Winsor with this Twitter spat with George Calombaris). Will this diminish the value of professional critics like Winsor in the future? He believes there will always be room for "informed opinion" and I tend to agree. Audio here:
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I like how Winsor stated that wine should be serious with a little fun. Well there is a little bit of internet fun going on involving Winsor. Actually it's more like a phenomenon. Its called Hug Winsor. I believe this was started by Dan Sims and Mike Bennie. And what is it? Well if you spot Winsor anywhere, you get a photo of yourself hugging him, then post it to Twitter with #HugWinsor. Silly enough really. And Winsor gets around to enough tastings in Australia that I am sure you will find him somewhere. There is even now a Facebook page. Here is just a little taste of some of the joy including my #hugwinsor in the studio. But remember to ask for Winsor's permission as we don't want him Hug Mugged!
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