Curriculum Vitae
Karel Meesters, Vintage 1957,
The Netherlands,
Started brewing beer and
making wine in 1974,
1978 study Biology at
Groningen State University
Attending countless wine
tastings, buying wine
for cellaring, mainly from
vintage 1978 on.
writing evaluations on wine
books for libraries,
literature research on
viticulture at the University,
1987 Cum Laude graduation in
Biology
1987 start Enoconsult,
writing articles on wine
selecting wines for wine
shops, writing mailings,
1991-1995 regular wine
feature on regional radio,
developing wine
classification system for chain of wine shops,
tasting and characterization
of wines for sales purposes,
1991 - .... editing dutch
translations of many books of e.g. Hugh Johnson
(Wine Atlas, Pocket Wine
Book, etc.), Jancis Robinson
(Vines Grapes & Wines),
Broadbent (Wine tasting), etc.
Writing articles on wine and
technique in wine magazins,
making wine selections and
writing mailings for medium sized
importers, setting up and
maintaining web sites.
1993 writing a lexicon on
wine (Prisma van de Wijn, “Het Spectrum”)
1997 second revised edition
(Meesters Wijnlexicon “Het Spectrum”)
2000 translation in German by
Hallwag (Taschenlexikon des Weins)
November 2003 Winescout.info
on the internet
December 2004 completely
revised 4th edition
(Karel Meesters Wijnlexicon
"Het Spectrum").
February 2007 Could not resist starting importing small quantities
of a few wines with exceptionally good quality, real character
and above all an affordable price.