Personal:
Surname : Nijhuis
First name : Fred
Date of birth : 24 October 1957
Nationality : Dutch
Country : Holland / Netherlands
Website : www.fred-nijhuis.nl
E-mail : info@fred-nijhuis.nl
Education and training
1970 – 1976 : High School / HAVO
1976 – 1977 : Pedagogic Academy
1984 – 1991 : marketing NIMA-A+B
1990 – 1991 : OINOS Winetasting
1979 – present: additional courses on communication, presentations, sales, marketing, etc
Business
1991 – present: owner of Nijhuis Consultancy & Services;
- independent consultant for professional in fine wine & food branch as well as private connoisseurs
- senior writer for several publishers and magazines
Work experience in profit & non-profit business
1989 – 1999 : account manager Social Security GAK Rotterdam and Amsterdam
2000 – 2009 : account manager Health Services ArboNed and ArboDuo
Work experience in wine & food business
1976 – present: organizing and participating in fine wine & food events
1988 – present: senior member of organization, editorial office and tasting-panel of The Wine & Food Association, publisher of Proefschrift/Wine&Food Professional, De Proefkrant, Yearguide WINE and more, organization of several annual events like Wine Professional, Fine Food Festival, Proefschrift Wine Concours, promotional tastings and more
1988 – present : organization of winetasting competition “Grand Prix Saint Hubert”
1988 – present: member of International winetasting-panels: Mondial du Vin, Vinitaly
1988 – present: participating in International tastings:
- Syndicat General des Vignerons de la Champagne, France
- Bordeaux Primeur tasting, France
- Alba Wine Experience / Nebbiolo Prima, Italy
- Anteprima Chianti Classico, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Brunello di Montalcino, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, Costa degli Etruschi, Sagrantino, Taurasi, Amarone, Sicily en Primeur and others
1991 – present: consultant for importers, restaurants etc.
1991 – present: writer (and ghost-writer) for national & international magazines
1998 – present: visiting wine producers in: Argentina, Austria, California, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and others
1998 – present: speaker at presentations for:
- Embassy of Chile
- Embassy of Canada
- ICE / Italian Trade Commission
- Italian Chamber of Commerce (also in cooperation with Prof. A. Scienza)
- Federdoc
- Nespresso
- The Wine & Food Association Amsterdam
- Fine Wine & Food Fair ‘Wine Professional’ Amsterdam
- DSV Media Amsterdam
2003 – present: senior writer for DSV Media, publisher ‘Taste of Italy’ & ‘Italy in Business’
2005 – present: organization and president of the jury for Olive Oil Competition Olivo d’Oro
2007 – present: docent at Wine Academy, specialised in Italian wines
2009 – present: several educational and promotional events for Federdoc, Consorzio Vino Nobile and more
2010 – present: Member FIJEV, International Federation of Wine & Spirits Journalists and Writers
References
- Jan G. Th. van Lissum, owner The Wine & Food Association Amsterdam, Holland
- Marcel Molenbeek, owner DSV Media Amsterdam, Holland
- Gerrit Greveling, patron-cuisinier and chairman of Alliance Gastronomique Néerlandaise
- Cees Helder, cuisinier and more, Holland
- Robert Kranenborg, cuisinier and more, Holland
- Angelo Gaja, Winemaker, Barbaresco, Italy
- Marchese Niccolo Incisa della Rochetta, winemaker, Bolgheri, Italy
- Dott. Franco Biondi-Santi, winemaker, Montalcino, Italy
- Anne Serres, Chief editor EuroWine, Montpellier, France
- Etienne Hugel, winemaker, Riquewihr, France
- Faye Cardwell, PR & Events, Brussels, Belgium
- Jose Manuel Ortega, winemaker Spain / Argentina
- Nicolas Belfrage MW, writer and more, London, England
- Stephen Cipes, owner Summerhill Winery, Kelowna, Canada
- Euan Mackay, Symington’s Family Estates, Portugal
