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Virginia wine: beyond the verge

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Richard Leahy

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Welcome to the world of lockdown wine webinars

Posted on May 4, 2020May 7, 2020 by Amanda Barnes

Liz Sagues discovers how despite lockdown the wine world still keeps spinning, bringing producers and writers together via a new format of wine tasting and seminar: the wine webinar. She recaps some of her highlights from last month, including the Circle's own series 'Let's talk about...' Spring in Sussex was, for me, due to be punctuated by wine trips to Portugal and the Loire Valley. Of course,...

How the wine world is coping with coronavirus

Posted on April 2, 2020April 10, 2020 by Amanda Barnes

Members of the Circle of Wine Writers take a look at their regions, or regions to which they have recently travelled, to share some insight into how the wine world is coping with Coronavirus and the impact of lockdown and social distancing on their businesses. A letter from the Editor: Well, hasn't life as we know it changed in the last month? Last month, we were beginning to cancel events f...

Clearly Bardolino

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Meg Houston Maker

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A look at 2019 Chianti Classico

Posted on March 11, 2020March 14, 2020 by John Salvi MW

John Salvi MW attends Chianti Classico Collection 2020 and crafts his conclusions on the 2019 vintage by digging deep into the factors that have delivered a generous yield of wonderful wines. A record number of producers turned out at the 2020 edition of Chianti Classico Collection, and more than ever before showed their new vintage – the 2019. There were 56 producers pouring 2019s at the Stazio...

Pack up your bottles in a bag in box?

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Jancis Robinson MW

Jancis Robinson Circle of Wine Writers member on wine bottles and climate change

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Living it up at Livres en vignes

Posted on February 4, 2020February 7, 2020 by Jon Wyand

Jon Wyand shows what to expect on bringing out a wine book with a French publisher as he goes under a hedonistic house arrest at Château du Clos de Vougeot. One benefit of struggling through the production of a wine book with a French publisher is that you’ll probably be invited to Livres en Vignes, when it has been published. It’s a kind of house arrest at Château du Clos de Vougeot, where you s...

Sacredly steep Sacra

Posted on February 4, 2020February 7, 2020 by Amaya Cervera

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Minerality: fact or fiction?

Posted on February 3, 2020February 7, 2020 by Amanda Barnes

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Meet the Member: Natalie MacLean

Posted on January 15, 2020January 19, 2020 by Amanda Barnes

Natalie MacLean is a wine writer, broadcaster and Brunello lover. She's also the only person to have won both the M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award from the James Beard Foundation and the M.F.K. Fisher Award for Excellence in Culinary Writing from Les Dames d'Escoffier International. Amanda Barnes interviews her on her career in wine, how digital media has transformed wine writing and educ...