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New Member: Peder Lehmann Larsen

Posted on by Peder Lehmann Larsen
Peder Lehmann Larsen has worked in the wine industry for close to 20 years as an importer, wine writer, wine judge and wine educator. Peder serves as ambassador to Denmark for the worldwide Facebook community, #winelover, and writes with great passion about all things wine on social media, where he specialises in particular on Hungarian and Greek wines. In 2019, Peder had his article Denmark fo...
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Berkmann Wine Cellars Relaunches “Help 4 Hospitality” Campaign with Increased Support Package

Posted on by Amanda Barnes
Berkmann Wine Cellars has announced it is reopening its industry-leading Help 4 Hospitality scheme, the pop-up online wine shop that helped raise over £75K for individuals and businesses within the hospitality sector during the spring lockdown… This time, Berkmann Wine Cellars has chosen to increase the share of revenue donated to the industry from 12.5% to 20%. The same donation mechanic appli...
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Redefining Rueda

Posted on by Liz Sagues
Liz Sagues interviews Santiago Mora Poveda, director general of Rueda DO, the denominación de origen that makes more white wine than any other in Spain, on the region’s recently revamped rules. Liz was inspired to arrange the interview, which is a Circular exclusive, after enjoying the Circle's 'Let’s talk about Ramón Bilbao in Rueda – Verdejo and Sauvignon Blanc' with Sara Bañuelos, the company t...
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Peter and Susie’s Wine Festival Winchester moves online

Posted on by Peter Richards MW
Peter Richards MW and Susie Barrie MW are inviting members to join in their annual Wine Festival Winchester, which this year is going online! Taking place on Saturday 28th November, the day is packed with delicious online wine masterclasses curated via the festival’s website www.thewinefestival.co.uk "We’ve taken our Wine Festival Winchester online, in the spirit of positivity – trying to su...
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Ingesting España from afar with Eat Spain, Drink Spain

Posted on by Liz Sagues & Amanda Barnes
Liz Sagues and Amanda Barnes delight in and devour some Spanish delights as they 'Eat Spain, Drink Spain’ in the nationwide November campaign.   Pairing Spanish delicacies from dish to glass Suitably prepared with a pre-delivered hamper stacked with Spanish food and wine goodies, Liz Sagues gets in on some perfect pairings that nevertheless don’t quite please everyone. A big thank-you is ...
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Seminal Semillon

Posted on by David Kermode
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Taking bubbles to the dark side

Posted on by Amanda Barnes
Amanda Barnes finds a Slovenian sparkler that has remained untouched by light from picking to palate, while attending the funkiest of fizzy launches. Wine launches are always a tough one to make interesting, especially during Covid times, when you can’t easily organise a big soirée. Radgonske Gorice’s wine launch last month was, however, perfectly interesting. A simple premise perhaps — a sample...
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New Member: Sue Eames

Posted on by Amanda Barnes
Sue Eames spent many years at L’Oreal in the UK and France, working at a senior corporate level and latterly in Global HR Communications, whilst also travelling extensively in Europe to judge wines and spirits. In 2016, Sue decided to move full time into the wine and spirits field with a focus on French and English wines, Gin, Fruit Liqueurs and Armagnac. Based in Paris, Sue writes regularly o...
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Jon Wyand, Jane Anson, Tim Atkin and Anne Krebiehl take home Louis Roederer Awards

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Jon Wyand winning photo
Congratulations to Circle members Jane Anson, Jon Wyand, Anne Krebiehl and Tim Atkin who have won the Louis Roederer wine awards in the last edition of the awards ceremony: CHAMPAGNE LOUIS ROEDERER ARTISTRY OF WINE AWARD 2020: Jon Wyand RAMOS PINTO ONLINE COMMUNICATOR OF THE YEAR 2020: Jane Anson MAZZEI INTERNATIONAL WINE COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020: Tim Atkin MW DOMAINE FAIVEL...
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