Matthew Jukes

For the police officer, see Matt Jukes.

Matthew Jukes is a wine writer based in the United Kingdom. He publishes several annual wine reports including the 100 Best Australian Wines, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Burgundy En Primeur Report and, from 2017, a Piemonte Report.

Career history

After 3 years on a weekly radio slot for the BBC, Channel 4 approached Jukes to host 'Wine Hunt'.[1]

He has created a line of non-alcoholic drinks: 'Jukes Cordialities'.[2]

Awards

In January 2012, Jukes was awarded the Honorary Australian of the Year Award by the Australia Day Foundation. It recognises a non-Australian resident of the UK who displays "Australian characteristics" or has contributed significantly to Australia.[3]

In May 2011, Off Licence News voted Jukes the most influential wine writer in the UK.[4]

His book, Taste Food & Wine, co-written with Tyson Stelzer, won the Australian Food Media Award for Best Food and Writing.[5]

In 2002, Jukes won the International Wine and Spirit Competition’s Trophy for Wine Communicator of the Year.[6]

Publications

  • Quintessentially's 100 Most Iconic Wine Estates[7]
  • The Wine Book: Change the way you think about wines of the world (2 editions)[8]
  • Wine – everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask (2 editions)[8]
  • The Wine List – The Top 250 wines of the year (6 editions)[9]
  • Taste Food & Wine, in conjunction with Tyson Stelzer, Australia (3 editions)[5]

References

  1. ^ "Wine Hunt – UKGameshows". ukgameshows.com. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  2. ^ Moore, Victoria (17 December 2024). "The best non-alcoholic drink for Christmas – created by a wine snob". Telegraph. London. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Matthew Jukes named Honorary Australian of the Year – decanter.com". decanter.com. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  4. ^ Off Licence News, 16 May 2011, Top 75 Most Influential People in Wine
  5. ^ a b Stelzer, T.; Jukes, M. (2008). Taste Food & Wine 2009: Choose the Right Wine Every Time. Wine Press. ISBN 9780977554881.
  6. ^ "STRAIGHT TALKER SCOOPS COMMUNICATOR TITLE". Archived from the original on 18 August 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  7. ^ Jukes, Matthew (2012). Quintessentially Wine. Quintessentially Publishing, Limited. ISBN 978-0956995223.
  8. ^ a b Jukes, M. (2005). The Wine Book: Change the Way You Think about the Wines of the World. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 9780755313686.
  9. ^ Jukes, M. (2006). The Wine List 2007. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 9780755313594.
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