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Meet the Friend: Richard Lane

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Richard Lane is a Friend of the Circle and writes for a medical journal by day, but is a wine enthusiast by night and became the world's first blind WSET Diploma student last year. Amanda Barnes interviews him about his experiences in studying wine without vision, as well as finding out his pet peeves about reading wine writing as a visually impaired reader. Richard also shares his favourite wines...
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The real meaning of blind tasting

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Richard Lane describes what it's like to be the WSET's first blind student. A version of this article was originally published at JancisRobinson.com in July 2019. My first semester of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust's Diploma is over, and it’s time to draw breath, while continuing to educate my palate. Being blind, unable to read wine labels, struggling (sometimes) to read articles and book...
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New Member: Tony Harries

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Tony Harries is based in Colchester the owner and writer for Winefullness Magazine, an online wine magazine that aims to mix wine business and wine fun. He also writes a monthly wine column in a local magazine and has advised a number of businesses about their wine portfolios. His passions are the wines of Northern California and he believes that an interesting wine must lead to an interesting ...
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New Member: Georgi Mihov

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Georgi Mihov is Editor in Chief of the online media Sommelier.BG, one of the respected sources of independent and professional information about wines of Bulgaria. Georgi has worked as a sommelier for boutique hotels and Michelin restaurants in Europe, Middle East and China; has made wine under his own brand Someno; imported wine and consulted restaurants and hotels. In 2011 he became Best Som...
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An academic approach to acquiring fine wine

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Tony Harries owns up to a sneaky student scheme he used to snap up some serious wine. His big bag, it turns out, was not full of books. I’m going to start with a confession; a youthful indiscretion and I know that when you first read this you’ll be shocked. Hopefully by the time you get to the end you might actually wish that I’d done worse. I want to talk about something I invented, called ‘Alco...
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