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Len Evans AO is a wine producer, judge and writer. Hailed as the godfather of the Australian wine industry, his passionate promotion of Australian wine has influenced the nation’s drinking habits and established our wines internationally. In the early 1960s he exposed suburban Australia to wine-tastings and wrote Australia ’s first regular wine column for The Bulletin. Evan’s founded the Australian Wine Bureau in 1965 and in 1973 published the first major encyclopaedia of Australian wine. He ran Rothbury Estate in the Hunter Valley for almost 30 years and was Chairman of Petaluma from 1978 until 1992. He now runs Tower Estate Winery maintaining a reputation for world-class wine. The recipient of numerous accolades in his field, Evans was awarded the OBE in 1982 and the AO for his services to the wine industry and charity.
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