Conte Giovanni Umberto Salvi di Civitavecchia

John U. Salvi M.W.
Conte Giovanni Umberto Salvi di Civitavecchia
CURRICULUM VITAE
John Umberto SALVI
Born: 6th April, 1937, Hampstead, London, Great Britain
Nationality: British
Address: 4, Impasse du Pez, Le Pez, 33460 Soussans, France
Professional Training
1970: Institute of Masters of Wine, London, Great Britain: MASTER of WINE Examination
1957: “Université de Bordeaux”, France: Diploma in Œnology ( under Prof. Peynaud )
Languages spoken
English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, Afrikaans, Russian
Membership of Professional Institutions
Active memberships and duties
• Institute of Masters of Wine, London, United Kingdom
• “Acadamie Internationale du Vin”, Geneva, Switzerland
• Academie du Vin de Bordeaux
• “Internationale union des Œnologues”, Paris, France
• Delegate of the Institute of Masters of Wine to the International Union of Oenologists
• Vintners Company of the City of London, London, United Kingdom
• Committee member of “FIJEV – Federation Internationale des Journalistes et Ecrivains du Vin”, Paris, France
• Member of “APV – Association de la Press du Vin”, Paris, France
• Member Circle of Wine Writers, London, United Kingdom
• Member “AFPGT – Association française pour la gastronomie et le tourisme”, Paris, France
• Member “APCIG – Association professionnelle composée de journalistes, écrivains ou autres informateurs dans le domaine de la gastronomie et du vin”, Paris, France
• « Officier » of the Commanderie du Bontemps de Médoc, des Graves, de Sauternes et de Barsac,
Pauillac, France
• Commanderie de Loupiac et Sainte Croix du Mont, Loupiac, France
• Ordre des Compagnons du Beaujolais
• Confrérie de Saint – Etienne d’Alsace
• Confrérie des Chevaliers du Taste-vin
• Gastronomes de la mer, Muscadet, France
• Societa de Gran Can, Barolo, Italy
• Confradia de Vinos de Navarra, Olite, Spain
• Amis de la Bière, Lille, France
• Travellers Club, London, United Kingdom
• Consul Club, Paris, France
Professional Activities
At present
• Wine Expert to the O I V “Office internationale du vin et de la vigne” – Lexicon Committee
• Independent International Wine Consultant – various clients in different countries
• Editorial Committee TASTED
• Articles & Tasting Comment for www.tastedonline.com
• Chief Joint Editor BORDEAUX - NEW YORK
• Wine Advisor to a top level Wine Exchange Internet company
• Writing a monthly Bordeaux Weather Report (available upon subscription)
• International Wine and Gastronomy Journalist :
• Marco Real, La Etiqueta & Vinealis (Spain)
• Writing for Wine – Citizen Publishing and Wine Watch (both on the Internet)
• International Professional Wine Taster
• Cookery Demonstrator
• International Wine and Gastronomy Lecturer
Activity as a Professional International Wine Taster
Participation in the following international professional, sensorial wine tastings
under the patronage of the O I V (“Office international du vin et de la vigne”)
• Tokyo, Japan: Japan Wine Challenge
• Tel Aviv, Israel: Terravino
• Logrono, Rioja, Spain: Tempranillo, a century of Rioja wine
• Montreal, Canada: Selections Mondiales
• Bordeaux, France: Le Concours des Vins d’Aquitaine
• Bordeaux, France: Coupe des Crus Bourgeois
• Bordeaux, France: Challenge du Bourg et Blaye
• Bordeaux, France: CIVART, now called Citadelles
• Verona, Italy: Vinitaly
• Paris, France: Vinalies and Vinalies Internationales
• Brussels, Belgium: Les Mondiales du Vin
• Ljubljana: Vinoforum
• Turkey: Urgup
• Porto, Portugal: Cuidade do Oporto
• Mendoza, Argentina: Vinandino
• Merida, Spain: Zafra, 500 Years of Spanish and American wines
• Barcelona, Spain: Intervin
• Madrid, Spain: Bacchus 2002, 2004, 2006
• Valladolid, Spain: Zarcillo
• Czech Republic: Prage Trophy - Cabernet Sauvignon
• Czech Republic: Vinar roku
International Wine Lecturer & Tutor to Private and Corporate Clients
• Lecturer on Italian Wines for the Wine and Spirit Education Trust of Great Britain
• Conducting lectures and organising educational visits to all the French, Italian, Spanish
and South African vineyard areas.
• Wine Investment Clubs
• City Club Members
• Wine Fraternities
• Private Wine Collectors
Participation in regular Master of Wine study tours to various wine growing areas of the world
• All wine regions of France, Italy, Spain & Germany
• South Africa
• Chile
• New Zealand
• Australia
• Argentina
Author of “English Wines” in the “Enciclopedia dei vini del mondo
under the editorship of Lamberto Paronetto
Professional Activities
• Wine consultant for Internet company World Wine Exchange
• Sales Director for Mahler Besse, Wine Merchant, Bordeaux, France
• Responsible for the United Kingdom and Channel Islands markets
• Top quality wines sales from several properties in Bordeaux, particularly Chateau Palmer
• Journalist for Spanish, English, South African and American wine publications
Harpers, Decanter, La Semana Vitivinicula, Boston Quarterly of Wine, Practical Winery and Vineyard,
The Epicurean, Wynboer, now Winelands
• Organiser and leader of specialised individualised wine tours for professionals and wine lovers alike,
clientele mainly from the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, the Far East, and
Europe. Specialising in Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, the Loire Valley in France; Rioja, Jerez de la
Frontera in Spain; the Douro Valley in Portugal; Tuscany, Piedmont in Italy; Sicily; the Cape vineyards
in South Africa and also Argentina and Chile
• External advisor to the Cite Mondiale du Vin and the Hotel Château Chartrons in Bordeaux, France
• Independent representative and consultant for several wine merchants in the United Kingdom
• Director of Sales operations in the United States of America for a consortium of French and German
wine shippers
Three-year mission in the United States of America controlling marketing and promotional operations
• Export Director for Maison Sichel, Bordeaux, France responsible for international marketing and
promotion for twenty five years
• From the start of professional life in 1957 until retiring from the company to make place for the
younger Sichel generation
Military Service
• National Service in Great Britain 1955 – 1957
• Fifth Royal Inniskillin Dragoon Guards
• Intelligence Corps - Russian Interpreter (as Colonel on active service)