Tim Wildman MW
Thwarted in his youthful ambitions to become a veterinary surgeon, Han Solo or Batman Tim opted to join the wine trade instead. He became a Master of Wine in 2008 and runs his own independent portfolio business which involves winemaking, travel, education, film and occasionally wearing a cape and saving the world.
When Tim passed the Master of Wine exam he was awarded the Robert Mondavi prize for highest score in the Theory exam, and achieving the highest mark that year for his Dissertation (Research Paper) on Australian wine in the UK market.
In 2010 Tim established James Busby Travel, a project taking international wine buyers on trips to Australia.
Tim is the founder of WineTutor.tv, a unique online resource for students studying for the Master of Wine qualification that has been helping students get over the line since 2015.
In 2014 he launched Wildman Wine and was one of the pioneers making pét-nat in South Australia under the Astro Bunny and Piggy Pop labels, In 2021 he launched his English pét-nat brand Lost in a Field using heritage grape varieties from old and abandoned vineyards.
Tim prefers analogue to digital, dogs to cats, the Beatles to the Stones and divides his time between Europe and Australia.
And he never swirls his wine glass.