Hobart winemaker Nick Glaetzer wins world recognition

A talented Tasmanian winemaker has been named one of the world’s top 50 wine and spirit professionals.

Winemaker Nick Glaetzer has been named one of the world’s top 50 wine and spirit professionals for his contribution to the Tasmanian wine industry. Picture: ZAK SIMMONDS

TALENTED Tasmanian winemaker Nick Glaetzer has been named one of the world’s top 50 wine and spirit professionals.

Hobart-based Glaetzer received the award overnight, from a field of 600 nominees, for his dedication to wine education and to growing the sector in Tasmania.

The award was announced in London at an event organised by the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) and the International Wine & Spirit Competition.

Glaetzer was named one of “The Future 50”, which recognises the next generation of top professionals working in the wine, spirits and sake industries.

Glaetzer said the award recognised his commitment to educating the next generation of winemakers.

Winemaker Nick Glaetzer with wife Sally and 10-month-old daughter June. Picture: ZAK SIMMONDS

“I’m an educator down here with WSET and help out educating their students,” he said.

He is the owner of Glaetzer-Dixon Family Winemakers in Hobart, and has been at the forefront of the current generation of winemakers in Tasmania. In 2011 he won Australia’s biggest wine award, the Jimmy Watson trophy, for his Tasmanian shiraz.

In the same year he was named the Australian Gourmet Traveller Young Winemaker of the Year for “thinking outside the square” when making pinot noir.

In 2018 he opened a winery and tasting room in a converted factory in Glebe, where he volunteers his time to provide wine sensory training and winemaking theory sessions for hospitality professionals.

Last year he planted a 12ha vineyard in the Coal River Valley to grow his own brand and further grow the state’s booming wine industry.

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Glaetzer said Tasmania’s wine industry was poised for continued growth. “There’s been a quite a bit of investment in Tasmania recently,” he said.

He said the state grew pinot grapes better than any other state, and was well placed to grow the variety.

Glaetzer was chosen as one of the Future 50 by a panel of experts from around the world.