Interview with James Irvine [transcript] Interviewer: Rob Linn

Jim Irvine was born at Blyth near Clare in 1933. His father was a baker and his mother a nurse. Jim started at Glenoth in 1950 as a laboratory assistant. He was sacked after 3 years. In 1953 he went to Hardys at Mile End as a lab assistant to Roger Warren. He left in 1969 to become a winemaker. He moved to Krondorf with David Crosby and became a wine maker there. He went into sales. When they were taken over by Seagrams he was made redundant and moved to Yaldara in 1985. He has been a wine consultant since 1981 working for numerous wineries

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