Wine show: Judge’s ‘gentle’ praise for Tassie wines

WALL to wall wines is just another day at the office for international wine judge Jane Skilton. The New Zealand judge will plough through 1660 wines over three days, 190 of them Tasmanian, at the 2015 Royal Hobart International Wine Show, which began at the Hobart Showgrounds on Monday. Because it is a blind tasting, she cannot comment on the standard of Tasmanian wines versus the rest of the world but she said the local wines she had tasted after work were impressive.