Education
He attended Newington College (1981–1987) before undertaking tertiary education in Tokyo and Paris.
He attended Newington College (1981–1987) before undertaking tertiary education in Tokyo and Paris.
He has worked as a sommelier, educator, show judge, consultant, television wine show host and wine writer He is one of only five Masters of Wine in Asia, and was the first in Japan. Goodwin was born in London and raised in Sydney, Australia.
Goodwin has been a sommelier at Veritas in Manhattan, Les Juveniles in Paris and Michael"s in Los Los Angeles
He was the host of a Japanese television show on wine, Vintage (2000) and was a guest-lecturer on wine marketing at Keio University (2002-2004). As a writer he has appeared in the New York Times, The Japan Times, Newsweek and Elle.
From 2001 until November 2012 he was a wine director of the restaurant group Global Dining Japan. Goodwin currently chooses the first class and business class wines for a Japanese airline and is a brand ambassador for a Champagne house in Asia.