10 questions with: Michael Hill Smith MW

Michael Hill Smith co-founded Adelaide Hills winery Shaw and Smith in 1989. He was the first Australian to become a Master of Wine and won the first Madame Bollinger Foundation medal for an outstanding performance in the practical (tasting) papers of the MW examination. “Life is finite – don’t squander it. Or, in the words of Len Evans: “Every time you drink a bottle of inferior wine it’s like smashing a superior bottle against the wall.”