 As a member of the staff, he participated in the events it sponsored and its wine-tastings in the field, continuing his wine education through such notable tasters as Odette Kahn (editor of the RVF), Richard Olney and Robert Gauffard, who were both esteemed contributors.His first son, Eric, was born in 1968 and his second, George, in 1970.In 1972 he founded the "Académie du Vin" with Steven Spurrier and led many of the wine-tasting courses given there.