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Dr Richard Smart calls for carbon capture

Posted on June 4, 2020June 7, 2020 by Dr Richard Smart

Dr. Richard Smart, the renowned viticulturist who now calls himself a ‘carbon conscious’ vine doctor rather than the ‘flying’ vine doctor, looks back at the events of 2020 so far. While coronavirus is very bad, it will eventually go away, but the climate crisis is becoming increasingly critical and calls for urgent action from the wine industry, he argues. He asks us as wine writers to start to ho...

Imbibing in Istria

Posted on June 4, 2020June 8, 2020 by Robert Smyth

Robert Smyth finds that good things to tempt the palate come in threes, and even fours, on the Adriatic’s largest peninsula – wine, truffles, olive oil, and then there’s biska. A version of this article was also published (in Hungarian) in Hungary’s VinCE magazine. Heart-shaped Istria, the largest peninsula in the Adriatic, is not only a superb seaside holiday destination, it also produces some o...

Zooming in on coastal Chilean Pinot Noir

Posted on June 4, 2020June 10, 2020 by Amanda Barnes

Amanda Barnes gets to grips with three different coastal terroirs in Chile that Viña Ventisquero is producing Pinot Noir in, with a special Zoom tasting with the winemaker Alejandro Galaz during the time of Coronavirus. Originally published on SouthAmericaWineGuide.com “Pinot Noir without terroir is the most boring variety you can taste”, says Chilean winemaker Alejandro Galaz, paraphrasing a win...

Tannat: Uruguay’s unlikely champion

Posted on May 4, 2020May 6, 2020 by Amanda Barnes

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Meet the Member: Georges Meekers

Posted on May 4, 2020May 6, 2020 by Amanda Barnes

Georges Meekers is a leading writer and expert on the wines of Malta, where he is based, as well as an eminent online educator. Amanda Barnes interviews him and discovers more about his first forays into wine, why native Maltese wines deserve some attention today and his thoughts on why wine appreciation comes much more naturally than we believe. What is your earliest memory in wine? H...

Meet the Friend: Chris Stroud, NZ Winegrowers

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

Chris Stroud is European Marketing Manager for the New Zealand Winegrowers, a Friend of the Circle and the generous supporters of our Christmas Party last year. Amanda Barnes interviews him to find out how growers and producers in New Zealand are coping with Coronavirus, and what will be the first thing he does post-lockdown! What brought you into the wine industry? I studied Spani...

An extremely expensive endeavour

Posted on May 4, 2020 by L.M. Archer

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The Cape Crusader: Rosa Kruger & The Old Vine Project

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Tim Atkin MW

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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,...