Amanda Barnes, Author at Circle of Wine Writers

New Member: Brianne Cohen

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Brianne Cohen

Brianne Cohen is a Los Angeles based event producer, certified sommelier, wine educator, and wine writer. During the pandemic, Brianne educated and entertained over 7,000 people through her “Virtual Vino” online wine classes, regularly highlighting diverse (i.e. Black, BIPOC, female, and LGBT) owned wineries. She now offers both in-person (and virtual) wine tasting experiences for her corporate...

New Member: Emily Saladino

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Emily Saladino

Emily Saladino is a writer, editor, and recipe developer based in New York. Previously the Digital Managing Editor of Wine Enthusiast and Editor in Chief of VinePair, her writing has been published in The Washington Post, Bloomberg, BBC, Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, and many others. She currently reviews wines from Greece, Crete, and Georgia for Wine Enthusiast. A former professional cook and ...

New Member: Krister Bengtsson

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Krister Bengtsson

Krister Bengtsson is a Swedish journalist and entrepreneur with a background in both the media and wine industries. In 2017, he founded Star Wine List with the idea to guide wine lovers to find great wine bars and wine restaurants. Today Star Wine List covers more than 36 countries with recommendations made by wine professionals such as Arvid Rosengren, Paz Levinson and Ruth Spivey. Moreover, w...

Mountains, coffee, and vinho

Posted on December 28, 2022December 31, 2022 by Amanda Barnes

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Book Review: Wine Hiking Switzerland

Posted on December 28, 2022December 28, 2022 by Markus Hungerbühler

Markus Hungerbühler reviews Ellen Wallace's new book on the hikes and wines of Switzerland, Wine Hiking Switzerland: Explore the Landscape of Swiss Wines. It is not often that a book about Swiss wines is published in English as the original version and in French and German, both national languages of Switzerland, as translations. Our fellow member Ellen Wallace, a travel and wine writer (...

Meet the Friend: Alfonso de Gaetano

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Amanda Barnes

The Jewel in the Crown

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Fiona Morrison MW

In this excerpt from On Champagne: A tapestry of tales to celebrate the greatest sparkling wine of all…, Fiona Morrison MW falls in love with the Vieilles Vignes Françaises, Champagne’s most mysterious wine, which hails from a tiny walled plot of Pinot Noir vines in the Grand Cru village of Aÿ. Treasured possession of the house of Bollinger, this is a site that’s been admired for its wines since m...