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Reviving Carema with hiking boots, heart, and grit

Posted on by Marisa Finetti
Marisa Finetti is not only blown around, but also blown away by Nebbiolo from the Alpine foothills in the northern part of Piedmont, and the incredible effort and unswerving dedication taken to grow it.    The wind snapped my umbrella inside out. The impression of Carema while standing on the edge of the dramatic hillside on this blustery day was quickly leaning toward sheer intensity. Fede...
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Saving and savouring South Africa’s veteran Vitis vinifera

Posted on by Michèle Shah
During judging at the Michelangelo Awards competition, Michèle Shah took time out to visit to the Old Vine Project in Stellenbosch, where she witnessed the wonderful work of André Morgenthal and Rosa Kruger. Being based in Stellenbosch on my recent visit, the traditional heart of the South African wine industry, presented a great opportunity to meet up with André Morgenthal and Rosa Kruger, who s...
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New Member: Michalis Georgiou

Posted on by Amanda Barnes
Michalis Georgiou, is a Certified Sommelier from the International Hellenic University and studied Wine Sensory Analysis at UC Davis. Michalis is the founder of the Wine Blog Oenognosia - Michalis Georgiou and wine critic for Cyprus Wine Report. He also writes for several magazines and newspapers in Cyprus and Greece, and is the organiser of the Cyprus Wine Show.
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Amarone and the opera

Posted on by Filippo Magnani
Filippo Magnani finds the famous wine of Valpolicella, made in a more refined contemporary style, goes together splendidly with a spot of Verdi, even in the summer season. The body and intensity of Amarone is traditionally associated with winter, wonderful if enjoyed in front of a warm, cosy fireplace. In fact, the anteprime dedicated to Amarone della Valpolicella has always been held in the earl...
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Meet the Member: Colin Hampden-White

Posted on by Amanda Barnes
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Meet the Friend: Magdalena Kaiser, Wine Country Ontario

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Magdalena Kaiser is Director of Public Relations for Wine Country Ontario, and a longstanding Friend of the Circle. In this interview, Amanda Barnes learns about her wine story from siphoning wine at a young age with her father to managing cool climate conferences and being part of the growing, dynamic wine scene in Ontario.   What was your earliest memory in wine? I suppose you coul...
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Champagne vs. ‘Champagne’

Posted on by Markus Hungerbühler
Markus Hungerbühler reports from Switzerland on the Swiss Federal Supreme Court’s rejection of the Protected Designation of Origin ‘AOC Commune de Champagne’. In March 2022, another case concerning the use of the designation ‘Champagne’ for wine from the municipality of Champagne in the Canton Vaud in Switzerland ended. The Federal Supreme Court, the highest court of the country, terminated the d...
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Discovering gold in a silver mine

Posted on by Keith Grainger
Keith Grainger gets in some great Gewürztraminer, which is grown up high in the extreme north of Italy’s Alto Adige region, and aged within a mountain. He is joined by four other Circle members as part as a wider press trip. In the very north of Italy’s Alto Adige region (also known as Südtirol), an old silver mine can be found. No mining has taken place here for 50 years, but today deep undergro...
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A tribute: Clive Coates MW

Posted on by Amanda Barnes
Clive Coates MW was an award-winning wine writer and long-standing member of the Circle. Author of several books on the wines of France, he also published The Vine from 1984 until 2005. Before his wine writing career, Clive worked for 20 years as a professional wine merchant in the UK. When he retired, he moved to southern Burgundy. He passed away on 26th July in Lyon.  . ‘Cleeve Co-atts’ wa...
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