South Australian Food and Wine from Off The Vine

Philip White

Philip was a prolific poet in the early seventies, and was widely published in the literary journals of the day.

He worked variously as a miner, musician, film-maker and photographer before settling in to television news writing at the age of 28.

In his spare time he ran an exclusive private catering business with the celebrated Adelaide chef, Catherine Kerry.

Philip’s career in gastronomic criticism began in 1978, when he began a regular column in The Adelaide Review.

He soon became managing editor of Winestate, the Australian wine industry monthly journal, and then moved to the managing editorship of Wine and Spirit Buying Guide, which was the leading consumers’ monthly of that time.

He has been a full-time journalist and wine critic ever since.

During the '80s his thirsty reflections could be read in regular spots in the Adelaide Review, the Sydney Review and the National Times.

In the course of his work, Philip tastes at least 5,000 wines a year.

He was the inaugural Chairman of the Clare Wine Show, and judges each year at the Royal Hobart.

He has managed the South Australian Wine of the Year Awards for 14 years, and tastes and writes the annual Australian Top 100 Wines for The Advertiser.

For two years he set up and managed The Adelaide Vines project, making good wine from grapes which were usually left to waste in suburban backyards.

This was properly packaged and sold back to its contributors, raising over $A80,000 for city charities which care for vagrant alcoholics.

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