Amanda Barnes, Author at Circle of Wine Writers

Savouring the sweet (and now dry) side of Sitges

Posted on August 4, 2019August 4, 2019 by Amaya Cervera

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Congratulations to members shortlisted for LRIWWAs!

Posted on August 4, 2019August 8, 2019 by Amanda Barnes

Congratulations to Circle members who were shortlisted for the 2019 Louis Roederer International Wine Writers' Awards! Tim Atkin MW (shortlisted for Online Communicator) Simon Woolf (shortlisted for no less than three awards - Online Communicator, Feature Writer and International Wine Book) Janet Z Wang (shortlisted for International Wine Book) Jon Wyand (shortlisted for Artistry of Wine...

Meet the Member: Janet Z Wang

Posted on August 4, 2019August 8, 2019 by Amanda Barnes

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Meet the Friend: Rozza Barton

Posted on August 4, 2019August 8, 2019 by Amanda Barnes

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Österreich on top

Posted on August 4, 2019September 8, 2019 by Stephen Brook

As a teaser to the upcoming second edition of his book on Austrian wine, Stephen Brook assesses where Austrian wine is currently at, and is impressed at its consistent high quality. I was taken aback when I was asked recently to deliver a second edition of my 2016 book The Wines of Austria (Infinite Ideas), since although these wines have long had a good reputation, they remain fairly 'niche'. Yo...

Opening the Wine Doors of Florence

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Andrew Barrow

Andrew Barrow sheds light on the forgotten Florentine portals that date back to the Medici period and served vino from beyond the city’s walls well into the last century. “You sure they ain’t religious tabernacles?” – my unimpressed companion questioned. No, the 167- odd Wine Doors of Florence, the basis for my final project for the Falmouth University MA course, which covered these little remnan...

Notes for Circular contributors

Posted on August 4, 2019August 4, 2019 by Amanda Barnes

We welcome members to contribute to our monthly publication, The Circular, with their articles, features, photography and news. The Circular includes content from our members all over the globe and we aim to publish an informative and interesting monthly read for fellow members, Friends of the Circle and subscribers. Some months we have a focus region or country, which we will advertise in adva...

Magical Madeira

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Neil Fairlamb

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Finding François: A taste of Lurton’s global wine adventures

Posted on August 3, 2019August 8, 2019 by Chuck Buyers

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New Member: Julian Wiseman

Posted on August 3, 2019August 3, 2019 by Amanda Barnes

Julian Wiseman is the author of Port Vintages, an authoritative reference book on old vintage Port (print run one pipe; happily all sold). He is married (with three children and four cats), lives in London, works in the interest-rate markets, has a degree in mathematics, and is an Honorary Confrade with the rank of Knight in the Confraria do Vinho do Porto. More relevantly he has drunk about ten t...