Ned Goodwin's passion and knowledge are contagious and communicated in a free and irreverent albeit, informative fashion. As a child, Goodwin saw wine on the dinner table due to his parents` strong culinary sensibility, yet it was not until began drinking beer and hard liquor in Europe, that Goodwin sought shelter in the glories of wine. Ned began to consume literature, take notes, taste religiously and travel extensively throughout the wine-world. His experience as a consultant for the Australian Embassy in Paris, sales-person for the Australian Wine Centre and various retail outlets; and manager and wine-buyer for numerous restaurants in New York culminated in his position from 2000-2002 as one of three sommeliers at "Veritas"- a Manhattan restaurant with arguably the world's finest wine-list. Goodwin went on to host his own Japanese television show on wine, appear as guest-lecturer on “Wine Marketing” at one of Japan`s most prestigious universities, Keio; and he frequently appears in and writes for numerous journals including the New York Times, WINART, The Japan Times, Metropolis, Brutus, Dining and Vinotheque magazine in Japan where he currently serves as the Wine Director and buyer for one of the world`s largest restaurant group, Global Dining. This employee has seen him travel to France, Australia, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Austria, Germany and most recently Greece, to source wines of distinguished identity, honesty and value for the Japanese market.