Peter Dredge

Written By Campbell Mattinson

This portrait of winemaker Peter Dredge was taken to accompany the article Peter Dredge is Not a Winemaker by Accident. This was to accompany an historic tasting of Dr. Edge wines held in Hobart in 2025.

The only opportunity to photograph Dredge was in a corporate function room. From a portrait photography perspective this setting was worst case scenario. And yet the image works. I took images from a variety of angles and basically just tried to shoot into the shadows as much as possible.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been a respected wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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