Episode 013 - Andrew Corrigan MW

The Good Drop with Hawkes and AD

In this episode, we sat down with Civil Engineer, Master of Wine (MW), and grandfather - Andrew Corrigan MW.

Andrew has had an incredible engineering career, but in a way, it has been somewhat overshadowed by his incredible work in the wine industry, in particular his qualification as a Master of Wine. It is important to acknowledge that MW is a rare qualification - there are currently 416 Masters of Wine world wide and Australia has only 24. Andrew is also the manager and part owner of Hidden Creek Winery in the Granite Belt region which is about 200km outside of Brisbane. He is also the President of the Queensland Wine Industry Association. Andrew is also a wine consultant, educator, writer, and judges in Australian and international wine shows. He has also published a book “Table Talk” in 2012 on the social aspects of wine.

As mentioned above, it’s not all just about wine with Andrew. One which is not often discussed and we thoroughly enjoyed learning about. And that is his engineering career which we were so excited to shine some light on. Andrew is an accomplished Civil Engineer. Andrew graduated from Sydney University in 1977 and has experience in civil engineering, structural engineering and commercial building construction in both design and construction management. He has also worked in construction both throughout Australia and internationally. He is now currently a Director of Gould Development Solutions Pty Ltd based in Brisbane and a part time sessional Tribunal Member of the Qld Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT).

We know this episode is a long one, but when you stop and think about it, we are really interviewing a coin with two incredible sides.

We thoroughly enjoyed this interview, and we hope you get a buzz out of it too !!

Hawkes & AD