Amanda Barnes, Author at Circle of Wine Writers

The story of English wine moves on…

Posted on February 6, 2021February 9, 2021 by Amanda Barnes

Not UK wine, not English wine but Sussex wine – that's the uniquely specific subject of the latest book to focus on a fine modern product that now puts Britain firmly among the world's serious wine nations. Sussex by the Glass: Wines, vines and two pioneering families, by Circle member Liz Sagues, will be published on March 8. The choice of International Women's Day for the launch is deliberate...

Meet the Member: Megumi Nishida

Posted on February 6, 2021February 9, 2021 by Megumi Nishida

Megumi Nishida has been working in wine in Japan since the 1990s and in this Meet the Member interview, Amanda Barnes finds out how the wine industry has evolved there over this time. Megumi also shares why she has always been a fan of Alsace, her views on Japanese wine, and leaves us with a thought-provoking wine Haiku. What's your earliest memory in wine? My mother was born in Yamanash...

Un coup de pied dans la derrière: Steven Spurrier’s famed Judgement of Paris

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Steven Spurrier

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Jo Burzynska achieves PhD for ‘Tuning Sensory Terroir’

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Amanda Barnes

Dr Jo Burzynska has now completed and been awarded a PhD, for her thesis entitled: Tuning Sensory Terroir: Mapping correspondences between sound and wine. This was a creative and empirical investigation of crossmodal correspondences - the systematic association of sensory features from different modalities - which identified a number of correspondences between sonic/musical properties and wine ...

Atlantic wines & The wines of Portugal

Posted on February 6, 2021February 9, 2021 by Richard Mayson

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Meet the Friend: Kate Sweet, Limm PR

Posted on February 5, 2021February 9, 2021 by Kate Sweet

Kate Sweet has been 'wine curious' ever since she can remember and today is one of the leading PRs in the drinks industry, working at Limm Communications with a range of brands and clients from vintage Cognac to grower Champagne. In this interview, we discover why she's desperate to enjoy a glass of rosé overlooking the Med very soon, but will take a pass on the Gewürztraminer. What bro...

Memoirs of a Freeloader: Stephen Brook’s vinous highlights

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Stephen Brook

Having written approaching 40 books on wine, Stephen Brook, also a contributing editor at Decanter, now turns his attention to recounting his own vast and varied experiences in relation to the vine in his book titled Memoirs of a Freeloader. This vinous autobiography charts his transition to wine writing from being a commissioning editor, and cleverly captures what really goes on behind the scenes...

A study of Sekt & The Wines of Germany

Posted on February 3, 2021February 9, 2021 by Anne Krebielh MW

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The Drinks Trust welcomes a new Chair and Patrons

Posted on January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 by Amanda Barnes

The Drinks Trust has welcomed a new Chair of the Board of Trustees, Troy Christensen, as well as three new Patrons, Ian Burrell, Becky Paskin and Jaega Wise. Troy Christensen joined the charity’s Board of Trustees in 2018, having been a long-standing supporter of The Drinks Trust both personally and through his company Enotria&Coe. Christensen brings extensive expertise as an industry busines...

New Member: Elizabeth Gabay MW

Posted on January 23, 2021February 9, 2021 by Elizabeth Gabay MW

Elizabeth Gabay MW Circle of Wine Writers

Elizabeth Gabay has worked in wine for 35 years, starting as an importer – moving on to education and consultancy. Passing the MW in 1998, she was somewhat overwhelmed by two children and the subsequent move to rural France in 2002. Since then, Elizabeth has continued as an educator for the IMW and Wine Scholar Guild, as a consultant and writer, specialising in the wines of southern France (Proven...