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Chasselas coming on
New Member: Tony Harries
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
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
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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Rediscovering a Pamplonan Pago in Otazu
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Arid Alentejo comes of age
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Going lakeside stateside
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New Member: L.M. Archer
L.M. Archer is a fine wine, food, travel and lifestyle writer specializing in Burgundy, bubbles and emerging wine regions. Her works appear in numerous publications, including Meininger’s Wine Business International, Wine Business Monthly, Oregon Wine Press, and Taste of France Magazine. She is also a former video correspondent for Foodable Network.
A member of the American Society of Journalis...
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Meet the Friend: Verity Milns
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Meet the Member: Hugh Johnson OBE
Hugh Johnson OBE is the world's best-selling wine writer and along with fellow Circle Member, Jancis Robinson, they have just launched the 8th edition 0f The World Atlas of Wine. Amanda Barnes interviews Hugh on his career as a wine writer and how he first came to put together the first edition of this revolutionary wine book in 1971. Hugh shares his thoughts on climate change, the evolution of wi...
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