James Halliday

Written By Campbell Mattinson

In May 2020 I travelled to James Halliday’s house at Coldstream Hills on a wet, cold day. James was selling his cellar. This was the day that the most prized and beloved wines in his collection – the wines of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti – were being catalogued, boxed up, and taken away.

These images of James Halliday were taken at Coldstream Hills on this day.

James Halliday and Tamara Grischy of Langton’s (above left and below). The first shot here is taken from Halliday’s home office, through to his cellar. Above right is in his Halliday’s home office – with Halliday, Annie Clemenger, Tamara Grischy (Langton’s) and a photographer from The Australian.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of both The Winefront site (founded in 2002, and the home of Australia’s best Australian wine reviews) and Mattinson Photography.

Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the national Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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