Meet the Friend Archives - Circle of Wine Writers

A taste of Les 110 de Taillevent & Christopher Lecoufle

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

Christopher Lecoufle is the Head Sommelier for Les 110 de Taillevent, a wine-focused restaurant which offers a benefit to Circle members and plenty of benefits to any wine lover as Amanda Barnes discovers on a visit there. There are restaurants that serve wine, and then there are wine restaurants. Les 110 de Taillevent is definitely one of the latter. Even the name plays on the importance of win...

Meet the Friend: Maria Laura Ortiz (Winifera)

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Amanda Barnes

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Meet the Member: Wink Lorch

Posted on December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 by Amanda Barnes

Wink Lorch is known to many in the Circle, having served as Editor of the Circle Update from 2015 until 2017 and been a member since the early 90s, but she has also become one of the foremost writers on wines from the Jura (writing the crowd-funded Jura Wine, published in 2014). Her latest venture has been authoring Wines of the French Alps: Savoie, Bugey and beyond which was published at the end ...

Meet the Friend: Richard Lane

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Amanda Barnes

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...