1. James Cameron Suckling was born on September 29,1958 and is an American wine and cigar critic and former Senior Editor and European Bureau Chief of Wine Spectator as well as European Editor of Cigar Aficionado.
14 Facts About James Suckling
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James Suckling joined Wine Spectator in 1981, and after a large increase of subscribers, relocated with the magazine to San Francisco in 1982.
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In 1983, James Suckling began blind tasting Bordeaux with Alexis Lichine, and for the first time visited Europe in 1984, visiting various leading wineries in Italy.
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James Suckling moved to London in 1987 where he lived for eleven years before moving to Italy.
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In press releases by Wine Spectator and Cigar Aficionado published in July 2010 it was unexpectedly announced that Suckling had retired from the publisher M Shanken Communications magazines.
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In September 2010, James Suckling announced his charity wine project ahead of the Papal visit to the United Kingdom, named One Wine One World.
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James Suckling announced that he had been signed by IMG Artists.
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In June 2021, James Suckling was knighted by France and received the Ordre National du Merite by the French Consulate in Hong Kong.
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James Suckling is an avid tennis player, passionate about environmental charities and actively supports EcoDrive Hong Kong and the Sea Sheppard Conservation Society.
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James Suckling tasted some of them on site at the relevant wineries and others he tasted blind in his Italy office.
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James Suckling added that each and every good wine should be able "to move you" in some kind of way "like with music, literature and love".
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In 2011, Suckling, in collaboration with James Orr, produced, presented and appeared in a 53-minute documentary, Cigars: The Heart and Soul of Cuba, in which he travels across Cuba, interviewing various well-known personalities in the region.
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James Suckling comes to the conclusion that the high quality and success of Cuban tobacco can be attributed largely to the industriousness of the Cuban people and to their culture.
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James Suckling featured in Jonathan Nossiter's 2004 film Mondovino, by some accounts in an unflattering light, as he was shown near a Pinocchio sign and seeming to state he has awarded a wine 90 points because it was produced by his landlord, the winemaker Salvatore Ferragamo.