Having studied modern languages, particularly Spanish, at Newcastle University, Alistair moved to Chile and Argentina in 2002 where he lived for four years, working for wineries in export management. Moving back to the UK in 2006, he ventured into all aspects of trading from managing, buying and consulting for hospitality to importing wines. An MW since 2017, Alistair now works as a consultant and writer. He is a regular judge at the Decanter World Wine Awards and is a panel chair for the International Wine & Spirit Competition, as well as president of South America’s prestigious wine competition, Catad’Or
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