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Jancis Robinson MW sells JancisRobinson.com

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Meet the Member: Elizabeth Gabay MW

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Elizabeth Gabay MW
Elizabeth Gabay MW is one of the leading authorities on rosé wines and author of Rosé: Understanding the pink wine revolution. In this interview, she explains why the pink world of wine is a hub of creativity, why she might start tasting using black glasses from now on, and reveals that she is now making her own rosé wine... in Slovakia! What is your earliest memory in wine?  It's difficult ...
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Meet the Friend: François Chartier, Tanaka 1789

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François Chartier’s whole career is a true tour de force. Starting out in the wine world as a waiter in his early 20s, he has gone on to become one of the world’s most respected sommeliers. He is an award-winning author of 27 books of wine and flavours, and is a sought-after advisor on wine, beer, chocolate, fragrances and AI with Sony's new gastronomy project. One of his most recent adventures ha...
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The Canary wine challenge completed

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Paying tribute to Philippe Boucheron

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Wine writer Philippe Boucheron was a long-standing Circle member and former treasurer of the Circle and deputy chair, serving with Steven Spurrier at the time. Philippe passed away in August. Neil Fairlamb pays tribute. Philippe Boucheron, a very long-standing Circle member who served on the committee for years, has died aged 89. His real name was Nick Mendes. He joined the regular army – the 66...
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New Member: Simon Field MW

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Simon Field, an Oxford languages graduate, was lucky to escape from the world of Chartered Accountancy, having qualified with KMPG in 1991, and then spent a couple of misguided years working for an American Bank in such cosseted dens as Monaco, Guernsey and Gibraltar. In 1995 he joined Oddbins, scaling the heights of a managerial position in the Belgravia branch, an up-market broom cupboard as it...
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New Member: Pam Strayer

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Pam Strayer specializes in organic and biodynamic wines and writes for Wines & Vines, Wine Business, Civil Eats and Daily Seven Fifty. She is senior editor of Slow Wine Guide USA, a guide to eco-friendly, boutique wineries in the U.S. Pam was the conference program director for Demeter USA’s 2018 International Biodynamic Wine Conference in San Francisco and is the author of five apps on org...
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New Member: Richard Lane

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Based in Farnham in England, Richard obtained the WSET Diploma earlier this year. He teaches part-time at WSET London School. After 20 years working in medical publishing (he still freelances for The Lancet), Richard decided to move into the wine industry after spending a year in south-west France. Richard lost his sight 30 years ago from an inherited eye condition; he can only recall the a...
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A year on: How the wine world is coping with coronavirus

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It’s been 18 months since the Covid-19 pandemic took its grip on the world and changed life as we know it. In April last year, we asked members from around the world to tell us what was happening in their country, and this month we’ve done the same.   EUROPE Italy Michèle Shah reports on how Italy and its wine industry is coping with Covid, which wreaked havoc on the Mediterranean count...
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