He now lives in Sydney, Australia,[2] and is the host of Langton’s TV, a Champagne Ambassador, a quality advisor for Biondi-Santi-Santi, owner of his own import company in Tokyo, educator and a member of the international jury of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
[3] Executive Style magazine is quoted as saying that he is "ideally placed to gauge what wines work best with Japanese food".
[4] Goodwin has said that “while Japanese food and wine are not traditional brethren, an open minded yet sensitive understanding of the dominant flavours – sweet and salty – and textural delicacy, allows both the food and astutely chosen wines to sing.”[5] Goodwin was born in London and raised in Sydney, Australia.
Goodwin has been a sommelier at Veritas in Manhattan, Les Juveniles in Paris and Michael's in Los Angeles.
From 2001 until November 2012 he was a wine director of the restaurant group Global Dining Japan.