About Paul Ippolito

Paul Ippolito is a Sydney wine writer and lawyer who has always loved the sound of his own voice. Occasionally, and in order to stem this flow of words, his long-suffering wife, family, colleagues and friends have been known to succeed by giving him a glass or two of fine Australian wine.

The by-product of this process over the years has been an ever increasing thirst for knowledge for all things wine related that has grown into a passion.

Since obtaining his wine credentials at East Sydney College of TAFE and Stedmans Hospitality College, Sydney in the early 1990's, Paul has conveyed his passion and consummate knowledge of Australian wine to all around him.

An avid collector and connoisseur, he has since spent years constantly keeping abreast of developments in the wine industry as well as continuously educating himself about wine through tastings (quite a few of them!).

As at 1st March 2005, Paul currently writes regular wine review columns for publications in Sydney, in Southern as well as Northern NSW, in the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Brisbane areas of Queensland, in Central Victoria and in the midst of South Australian wine country.

Overwhelmed with requests from all those around him about "what's a good wine for such and such occasion or under $X dollars?", Paul decided to produce and self publish a monthly wine consumer newsletter, called aptly "Paul Ippolito Talks Wine" which to date has overwhelmed his most optimistic expectations.

Paul's latest publication ventures have been into the wine cyberspace community with new regular wine contributions to one of Australia's largest online women's magazine sites - femail.com.au and also to the wine section of Australia's original web search engine - WebWombat.com.au. His own website is also imminent as are shaving ads and various other television endorsements (only joking with the last two).

As you can see, Paul likes to take any stuffiness out of wine but still promote an informative, honest and insightful approach to his wine writing. At the end of the day, it's ultimately what you as a consumer enjoy about wine that matters and Paul sees his role as helping you develop your palate by pointing you in the right direction.

Apart from wine, Paul is also a rugby union tragic. This is evidenced by his firmly held and espoused belief that "This year will be the year of the mighty NSW Waratahs!!", a term, seemingly repeated, year upon year, with similar passionate conviction.

Paul can be contacted by email at Paul_Ippolito@hotmail.com where you can also request to be placed on his mailing list for his wine newsletter.