Michael Schmidt is a wine writer and journalist based in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany. He has been writing about wine since 1982. He is also a lecturer and tour guide. He was the regional specialist on Germany for Tom Stevenson’s Wine Report and contributes to www.jancisrobinson.com. He organised tours to Alsace and Germany through Michael Schmidt Wines from 2001 to 2008. From 1988 to 2008 he lectured at an independent wine school in Surrey. He is an IWSC judge.

He is bilingual – German/English – and specialises in website translations.

Bibliography

Circle Update, March 2009 (Circle of Wine Writers).