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An open letter: Lighter glass bottles campaign

Posted on December 14, 2021December 19, 2021 by Aleesha Hansel

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Meet the Friend: Alan Aboud, FONDATA

Posted on November 21, 2021November 23, 2021 by Alan Aboud

Alan Aboud is the creative director of Fine and Rare's new FONDATA publication (which features Member Jancis Robinson MW on the cover in its first edition). In this Meet the Friend interview, Amanda Barnes finds out how the fine wine market has changed during the pandemic, the concept of a 'journal of adjacencies' and why moving from Black Tower to Meursault has been great for his palate but not h...

Let’s talk about Criolla, South America’s native grape varieties, with Amanda Barnes

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Wink Lorch

Wink Lorch tastes and tours through the Criolla grape varieties and wine regions of South America during Amanda Barnes' Let's talk about Criolla webinar earlier this year. There was something intoxicating about this hour, and it wasn’t only that I was one of the lucky ones to receive three wines to taste. “Crrree-oy-ya” intoned Amanda, a fluent South American Spanish speaker, who really knows h...

A sparkling taste of Austrian wine with Fred Loimer

Posted on November 21, 2021November 21, 2021 by Amanda Barnes

Meet the Member: Carolyn Evans Hammond

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Carolyn Evans Hammond

Conducting an orchestra of sparkling wine

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Amanda Barnes

Amanda Barnes finds herself in awe at Corinne Seely’s ability to craft a Blanc de Blancs blend from a large ensemble of reserve wines at Exton Park. “Do you have a big black book in which you write this all down?” I asked Corinne Seely in awe as she started to detail the hundreds of tanks, barrels and vats of reserve wines she keeps to hand to make her reserve blend sparkling wines at Exton Park....

A virtual visit to Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Amanda Barnes

Amanda Barnes takes off on a two-day online tour of Italy’s UNESCO-listed sparkling wine region as part of the Circle’s Let’s visit … series, and takes in plenty of ciglione and enjoys the Rive, Cartizze and sui liveti wines that hail from them. A patchwork of vineyards and villages nestled between woodlands and hillsides, Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG is the most esteemed wine...