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Listen to Jim on
(The Stuart Bocking Show)
"Sydney Radio Station"
954 2UE
This show is syndicated around Australia on
3AW Melbourne
4BC & 4BH Brisbane
6PR & Magic Perth
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Jim regularly writes for leading industry
magazines Food Service and Club Life. Click
on articles to read more.
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CURRICULUM
VITAE.
Jim
McMahon
(JP, Dip Teach,
B. Ed)
Jim
McMahon travels and lectures widely
in the area of food and wine. He was
a member of the National Council of
the Australian Society of Wine Education
representing Queensland and then NSW
from 1990-1999, and is sought after
for writing/speaking and wine judging
engagements worldwide.
Jim
McMahon's book Australian Wines Regions
& Rituals, published by RMIT Publishing
and launched by Len Evans OBE in October
1995, was a sell out. As a wine and
food consultant in the area of hospitality,
Jim advised for the 1995 Papal visit
of John Paul II and has lectured aboard
Silversea Cruises and many of Cunard/Seabourn
Cruise Lines, most notably Cunard's
legendary QE2" from 1990 to 2008.
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Jim's professional qualifications
include:
Southport UK, City & Guilds
London Institute, Hotel Catering.
British Wine & Spirit Education
Trust Certificate and Higher
Certificate.
University of Adelaide Basic
and Advanced Certificate in
Wine Sensory Evaluation.
University of Technology, Sydney
Diploma of Teaching; Batchelor
of Education in Technical Education
(Double Major in Human Resource
Management & Communications).
‘Cert 4 Training &
Assessment in Adult Education’
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Jim
is a national and international wine
show judge and has judged at the following
wine shows:
- Mudgee
Wine Show (Associate) 1999
- Cowra Wine Show (Associate) 2000
& 2001
- Griffith Wine Show (Associate) 2000
- Bathurst Wine Show (Associate) 2000,2001
& 2002
- Perth Hills Wine Show (Judge) 2002
- Stanthorpe Small Winemaker's Wine
Show (Judge) 2002 to 2004
- Brock University, St. Catherine's
Ontario Canada- Alumni (Judge) 1999
- London International Wine Challenge
(Judge) 2001, 2002, 2003 & 2005
- Singapore (Judge) 2005, 2006 &
2007 2008 Wine for Asia
- Riverland Wine Show, SA - Associate
(2003)
- Canberra National Show, ACT - Associate
(2003)
- Japan International Wine Challenge,
Tokyo - Judge 2003 & 2005
- Camden Agricultural Wine Show -Inaugural
Wine Show (NSW), Judge (2004).
- Attended Vinitaly in Verona in 2001
& 2005
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Conducted Australian Wine Masterclasses
for “Australia Week” Austrade
Moscow
- May 2005.
- Judged at San Francisco International
Wine Challenge 2007, 2008, 2009 &
2010.
- Judged (panel chair) at Shanghai
International Wine Challenge 2007.
- 2010 to Stanthorpe
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Jim
McMahon visits wine regions and writes articles
on food, wine and travel on behalf of vineyard
associations within Australia and overseas.
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Jim McMahon travels and lectures widely in
the area of food and wine. He was a member
of the National Council of the Australian
Society of Wine Education representing Queensland
and then NSW from 1990-1999, and is sought
after for writing/speaking and wine judging
engagements worldwide.
Photo QE2 2006
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"Kingston Estate" Wines
539
Greenhill Road
Hazelwood Park South Australia
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