James Halliday called me out of the blue in March 2022, asking me back to Halliday Wine Companion as chief editor. I said yes out of loyalty — and two years later, for reasons just as personal, I said goodbye. This is that full story: [Why I Returned to Halliday – and Why I left].
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Image is of Campbell Mattinson tasting in James Halliday’s tasting room, in the area of Coldstream/Gruyere.
Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
