I, Robartus (or Bart), am a wine writer, with music and food as secondary topics.
A geographer by training, my interest in matters of soil, geomorphology, and climate, important factors in winegrowing, was kindled at an early age. On a field trip to Germany, a wineloving lecturer introduced me to the pleasures of Mosel Rieslings. For his first employer I organized a wine trip to the Touraine, but it was his move to Basel, Switzerland on the doorstep of Baden, Alsace and several Swiss wine regions that really stirred up my interest for wine.
Since my studies at the Austrian Wine Academy, where I obtained my WSET and Weinakademiker Diplomas, wine is my profession. Apart from writing for several European publications, like Perswijn (NL), Apéritif (NO), TRINK (US/DE/global), DinVin Guide (DK), Vince (HU), Club Oenologique (UK), and Metropole (A), I organize wine trips, moderate wine tastings, judge and support retailers and restaurants putting together their portfolio and wine menu respectively.
I am expert on Austrian, Swiss and Portuguese wines.
A Dutch citizen, I live with my partner between Basel, Switzerland and the Serra de São Mamede, Portugal.
