Featured Partner
Glenn Goodall
Xanadu
Originally from Northland in New Zealand, the spiritual home of many late night pizzas, Glenn first visited Australia on a surfing holiday in 1989, quite possibly sporting a mullet. It was during this trip that he began his involvement in the wine industry, working in the vineyard at Cassegrain Wines in Port Macquarie, New South Wales. He has also worked in South Africa, Bordeaux and California and, as much as we all love Chambourcin, we're pretty darn happy he followed his combined love of surfing and wine to Margaret River. The turn around he's delivered for Xanadu is staggering - we can only imagine how good his surfing must be.
Q&A
Is there a wine or a person that inspires you as a winemaker?
A Grower who gets really excited when they see the wine (made from fruit off their property) for the first time after vintage.
What is so-hot-right-now in wine?
Wines with personality.
What got you into wine?
I enjoyed working in the vineyard and was curious about what happened next which led me to working in the winery . . .after that I was lucky to have mentors who gave me enough opportunities to realise I loved what I was doing.
What's your desert island wine?
Bubbles. It's hard to look past any wine which is socially acceptable at breakfast.
Why should you win the people's vote for the YGWA?
They wouldn't necessarily be voting for me, hopefully they'd just be judging what's in the glass . . . either way it takes more than one person to make the wine.
(Complete this sentence) If there was no wine in the world...
Wine dinners would just be dinners, and I'd get more waves during autumn.
As a winemaker, where do you see yourself in 10 years time?
Margaret River... still trying to maintain the balance between family and winemaking.
What's the one word that sums you up?
Straightforward.
Is there a wine or a person that inspires you as a winemaker?
A Grower who gets really excited when they see the wine (made from fruit off their property) for the first time after vintage.
What is so-hot-right-now in wine?
Wines with personality.
What got you into wine?
I enjoyed working in the vineyard and was curious about what happened next which led me to working in the winery . . .after that I was lucky to have mentors who gave me enough opportunities to realise I loved what I was doing.
What's your desert island wine?
Bubbles. It's hard to look past any wine which is socially acceptable at breakfast.
Why should you win the people's vote for the YGWA?
They wouldn't necessarily be voting for me, hopefully they'd just be judging what's in the glass . . . either way it takes more than one person to make the wine.
(Complete this sentence) If there was no wine in the world...
Wine dinners would just be dinners, and I'd get more waves during autumn.
As a winemaker, where do you see yourself in 10 years time?
Margaret River... still trying to maintain the balance between family and winemaking.
What's the one word that sums you up?
Straightforward.
