WINE COURSE HONOUR SHARED

HEEMSKERK winemaker Anna Pooley and James Spreadbury, restaurant manager of the Kitchen Door at Pennys Hill in McLaren Vale, shared  honours at the Australian Wine Research Institute and Royal Adelaide Wine Show Advanced Wine Assessment course held late last year. They were named joint duxes of the 27th AWAC and both will be offered places as associate judges at the 2009 Royal Adelaide Wine Show in October.