Rod Smith MW is the Regional Chair for Provence on the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2023.
Rod Smith MW
Rod Smith MW is a wine educator, journalist, marketer and salesman, primarily based within the South of France.
He’s the director of the Riviera Wine Academy and beforehand labored for Vins Sans Frontières, wine provider to the superyacht trade within the south of France, and quite a lot of high-quality wine importers and retailers within the UK.
He began his wine profession in 1987 as Christmas employees at Oddbins whereas learning at Chelsea Faculty of Artwork, and upon finishing a level in illustration and graphic design in Dundee he labored for the UK wine service provider whereas establishing himself as a contract illustrator.
An growing love of wine gained the day, nevertheless, and Smith’s profession has seen him work for Seagram and Mentzendorff through the years, in addition to judging in Moscow, Shanghai, Sofia, Dallas, Thessaloniki, Guangzhou and Sydney.
His private pursuits embody biking, working, journey, literature, card magic and movie.
Rod Smith MW was first a choose on the DWWA in 2009.
