About Clive Hartley
 

Since settling in Australia Clive has continued to study and teach wine first at East Sydney College and now at Ryde College, Sydney. Clive has visited all the major wine regions within Australia. He has travelled extensively overseas and has visited wineries in New Zealand, USA, Italy and France.

He is currently the wine advisor/consultant for Palm Beach Wine Company in Sydney and imports a range of wines into Australia from France and Italy. He currently writes for Winestate Magazine.

Clive is an Honorary member of the Australian Sommeliers Association and also a member of the NSW Wine Press Club.

Clive has completed a number of projects and consults to the National ITAB and Skills Council on wine related curriculum for Australia.

Clive has developed the Wine Studies Course, and the Australian and Imported Wine and Wine Management modules which are conducted at Ryde College.

In 2008 Clive established the Sydney Wine Academy at Ryde College which now delivers courses from the UK's Wine and Spirit Education Trust, internationally recognised and established in over 30 countries world-wide.

Clive has also been instrumental in designing the following specialist courses:

• Certificate III & IV in Hospitality for Sommeliers

• Sommeliers Introductory Course ( in conjunction with the Australian Sommeliers Association)

• Introductory and Advanced Italian Wine (in conjunction with the Italian Trade Commission and Enoteca Italiana)

Since 1999 Clive has written for the following magazines and journals:

• Wine Hunter & Le Vigneron Magazine

• Australian Wine Educator

• Australian Vignerons

• Australian Wine Selector Magazine

• Winestate Magazine

Wine Judging Experience

• 2003    Associate Judge ~ Griffith Wine Show

• 2004/5/6/7/8 Winestate Magazine ~ Panel judge various tastings

• 2005/7 Judge ~ Australian and New Zealand Organic Wine Show

• 2005    Judge ~ NSW Wine Awards

• 2007    International Judge - 15th International Wine Competition   Verona, Italy

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