CWW - 'Let's talk about.....' weekly webinar
2020-06-26 14:00 - 14:30, 2020-07-03 14:00 - 14:30, 2020-07-10 14:00 - 14:30, 2020-07-17 14:00 - 14:30, 2020-07-24 14:00 - 14:30, 2020-07-31 14:00 - 14:30, 2020-10-02 14:00 - 14:30 (Europe/London)
Join us every Friday for the Circle’s very popular weekly webinar where we invite a guest speaker to talk about a topic of interest to our members. The event is usually held at 2 pm (BST) – but maybe subject to change. The presentation lasts around 25 minutes and is followed by a Q&A session. Check out the Circle’s FB page or your email for details about this week’s topic and also for the link to join us. Please advise if you wish guests to attend. See you then.

California Wines 'Behind the Wines' virtual event - Ep. 13 – Cabernet Sauvignon
2020-06-30 18:00 - 19:00
Behind the Wines | Ep. 13 – Rodrigo Soto, General Manager & Rebekah Wineburg, Winemaker, Quintessa
California Wines continues their virtual events aimed at keeping the international wine trade connected with “Behind the Wines” series with Elaine Chukan Brown – a virtual chat and wine tasting featuring focused conversations with top California producers
Date: Tuesday, June 30th
Time: 10:00am Pacific time//6:00pm UK
Register here

Benguela Cove, SA, Live Wine Tasting & Cooking Webinar Series
2020-07-02 18:00 - 19:00, 2020-07-09 18:00 - 19:00, 2020-07-16 18:00 - 19:00, 2020-07-23 18:00 - 19:00, 2020-07-30 18:00 - 19:00, 2020-08-06 18:00 - 19:00
For the Love of Food & Wine
Join our master winemaker live from the vineyards, with MICHELIN Star Restaurant Interludes’ Chef, Jean Delport, and Moody Lagoon’s Chef Annie Badenhorst, who will be sharing easy to make recipes for you to cook at home, paired perfectly with Benguela Cove Wines.
Join us Thursdays at 18:00 (BST), 2 July – 6 August 2020, for live tastings, recipes and fun snippets from the winery.
Register for our Live Wine Tasting & Cooking with MICHELIN Star Chef Jean Delport Webinar Series
Discover delicious dishes paired perfectly with our award-winning wines.
Experience an awakening of the senses as Johann and Jean take you through our easy to make dishes and pair them with our wines. Johann has also put together wine tasting packs, for you to enjoy the tastings with us. Buy wine online now and join the party on Thursdays.
https://www.benguelacove.co.za/wine-tasting-cooking-webinars

Australian Wine - Wine consumption & consumer behaviour during COVID-19 Webinar
2020-07-13 12:00 - 13:00
Wine Intelligence’s CEO Lulie Halstead will present findings from the latest Wine Intelligence COVID-19 impact reports for Northern Europe.
Lulie Halstead will be joining Wine Australia to discuss the latest COVID-19 impact reports for Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands, as well as give an update on the UK.
Based on data collected in April 2020, Lulie will review how wine consumers’ behaviours and attitudes have changed – or not – as a result of the impact of COVID-19. Lulie will look at how consumers anticipate their lifestyles, behaviour and drinking habits will change and be prioritised after lockdown. The webinar will feature insights on pre, during and predicted post lockdown behaviour including changes in the purchase and consumption of alcohol beverage categories, changes in wine drinking frequency and spend by occasion, and wine purchase channel change. Lulie will also share insights on what wine businesses can proactively do to build for the future.
This webinar is free and open to all. You’re welcome to share details with colleagues and wine friends.
For more information about the webinar and to register, please visit https://www.wineaustralia.com/whats-happening/events/webinar-wine-consumption-and-consumer-behaviour

CWW - 'Let's talk about Mountain Wines with Sebastián Zuccardi'
2020-08-21 14:00 - 14:30
Join us for the Circle’s very popular weekly webinar where we invite a guest speaker to talk about a topic of interest to our members. The event is usually held at 2 pm (BST) – but maybe subject to change. The presentation lasts around 25 minutes and is followed by a Q&A session. Check out the Circle’s FB page or your email for details about this week’s topic and also for the link to join us. Please advise if you wish guests to attend. See you then.

Australian Wine webinar: Sommelier insights from USA, UK & Australia
2020-08-24 14:00 - 15:00
Explore the Aussie wine scene with sommeliers in the USA, UK and Australia.
Three top sommeliers – Mia Van de Water MS, Kelvin McCabe and Emma Farrelly – will share their unique perspectives, experiences and stories. They’ll be beaming in live from New York, London and Perth, whilst Wine Australia’s Mark Davidson leads the conversation and fields questions.
Discover what excites the sommeliers about Australian wine, which regions they’ve visited, and which styles they’re pouring, buying or seeking out. Find out about their wine list, what has inspired it and how they see it evolving. Hear about trends in their markets, what their customers are enjoying and what they’re asking after.
Before and during the webinar, you’ll have the opportunity to ask questions. What are they tipping as the wines of the future? What’s new or coming soon to their list? What have been the biggest changes or challenges during their time as a sommelier? This is your chance to ask.
This webinar is free and open to all. You’re welcome to share the details with colleagues and wine friends.
For more information about the webinar and to register, please visit https://www.wineaustralia.com/whats-happening/events/sommelier-insights-webinar
Please note the timings are BST.

CWW - 'Let's Talk About Sustainability and Building Resilience in the Wine Industry with Jackson Family Wines' weekly webinar
2020-09-03 16:00 - 17:00
Join us on a Thursday this week (please note the change of day and later timing) for the Circle’s very popular weekly webinar with Jackson Family Wines, the California-based wine company and leader in environmental stewardship, as they unveil the process behind their comprehensive journey to develop 10-year sustainability goals looking to 2030 and beyond. Discover why this family-owned wine company is working to bring an industry together and establish future resiliency in the face of a changing climate.
The event is this time will be held at 4 pm (BST). The presentation lasts around 1 hour and is followed by a Q&A session. Check out the Circle’s FB page or your email for details about this week’s topic and also for the link to join us. Please advise if you wish guests to attend. See you then.

Justerini & Brooks Virtually Proclaiming Germany's “Thrilling” 2019 Vintage
2020-09-10 16:00 - 17:00
Fine wine merchant Justerini & Brooks’ annual ‘en primeur’ Germany tasting for private clients and members of the Trade will be reinvented for September 2020 in recognition of both the current landscape and the excellence of the 2019 vintage.
“Germany’s 2019 vintage is clearly rather special and thrilling and has even been described as a potential ‘vintage of the century’ by Michael Schmidt.” Explains Julian Campbell, Justerini & Brooks’ Germany buyer. “From best-ever estate wines, to aristocratic Grosses Gewächs, and many a luscious-yet-lively sweetie, we’ve tasted some truly thrilling wines while putting our 2019 offer together.”
Rather than cancel the company’s traditional walkaround tasting for clients and key customers, Justerini & Brooks has gathered six of Germany’s finest winemakers from across the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer region for a virtual round table discussion and exploration of the 2019 vintage. Speakers will include Oliver Haag from Friz Haag, Joh. Jos. Prüm’s Katharina Prüm, Christoph Schaefer from Willi Schaefer, Schloss Lieser’s Thomas Haag, Maximin von Schubert from Maximin Grünhaus and Formeister Geltz Zilliken’s Dorothee Zilliken.
The Justerini & Brooks Germany 2019 Webinar will take place at 4pm on Thursday 10th September. If you would like to participate, then please contact Megane Lopes events@justerinis.com for further details.

Wine Australia Webinar: McLaren Vale Grenache - Old vines, new ways
2020-09-17 11:00 - 12:30
As British MWs and winemakers, Giles Cooke and David Gleave could have decided to make wine anywhere in the world from any grape variety. So why did they both independently decide to set up wineries half a world away in McLaren Vale and focus on Grenache, a variety that had been long overlooked?
Wine writer and educator Sarah Ahmed has been closely following the renaissance of Australian Grenache since 2010, including the latest developments in McLaren Vale, judging at the pan-Australian James Halliday Grenache Challenge in McLaren Vale in 2019.
Join us the day before International Grenache Day to celebrate this grape variety and discover more about McLaren Vale. Giles and David will reveal why they’re so passionate about this corner of South Australia and the old Grenache vines it is home to, whilst Sarah Ahmed moderates and fields questions.
Explore the history and evolution of McLaren Vale Grenache, and find out about the change in style over the past decade and the diversity between sub-regions. This is also your chance to discover the versatility of Grenache, why it is suited to the region, its climate and wide range of food.
This webinar is free and open to all. You’re welcome to share the details with colleagues and wine friends.
For more information about the webinar and to register, please visit https://www.wineaustralia.com/whats-happening/events/mclaren-vale-grenache-old-vines-new-ways

New York State of Wine - inaugural webinar episode
2020-09-24 17:00 - 18:00
Please join us for the inaugural episode of the New York State of Wine webinar series, focused on New York wine’s place in the world.
Diverse and bold, with a long history stretching back hundreds of years, New York is
reinventing itself as an epicentre of dynamic winemaking.
Register: bit.ly/ny-state-of-wine-webinar-series
In this inaugural episode focused on New York wines and their place in the world, Richard Siddle of The Buyer, will host a panel of New York winery representatives to discuss how New York compares to other grape growing regions, considering factors from climate, geography and viticulture to the resulting styles of wine produced.
He will be joined by:
• Aimée Lasseigne New, Brand Ambassador for Lieb Cellars, an 85-acre (34.40 ha) certified sustainable winery on the North Fork of Long Island, NY and their second label Bridge Lane Wine;
• Christopher Bates, Master Sommelier and owner and operator (along with his wife) of Element Winery in the Finger Lakes, alongside many other Finger Lakes hospitality-centered enterprises;
• Rick Rainey, managing partner at Forge Cellars, a Finger Lakes winery specializing in bone dry Riesling and cool climate Pinot Noir from Seneca Lake.

CWW - ‘Let’s talk about Carmenère - Costa versus Andes with TerraNoble' weekly webinar
2020-09-25 14:00 - 15:00
TerraNoble has specialised Carmenère since its foundation 26 years ago. Its CA Project highlights the difference coastal versus mountainous terroir makes to a wine which in every aspect of winemaking is made in precisely the same way. The distance between the two vineyard sites is only 43 miles. TerraNoble owns a total of 300 hectares in Casablanca, Colchagua and Maule and makes six ranges: Reserva, Reserva Especial, Gran Reserva, Las Dichas, Disidente, Premium. The presentation will be made jointly by Marceló Garcia (winemaker) and Tomás Uribe (regional director). It will last around 30/40 minutes with Q&As. Check out the Circle’s FB page or your email for the link to join us. Please advise if you wish guests to attend. See you then.

CWW - "Let's talk about Sustainable Sicily with Stefano Girelli"
2020-10-09 14:00 - 15:00
In over ten years of producing organic wine in Vittoria, Sicily, Stefano has learned a lot and is a firm believer that organic is the only way to go. Biodiversity plays a vital role at both Santa Tresa and Azienda Agricola Cortese, where sustainable practices are paramount. Indigenous grape varieties are championed and ancient methods are revisited, such as fermentation in terracotta amphorae. Cerasuolo di Vittoria is at the heart of the region and it is Stefano’s dream to put Sicily’s only DOCG on the world map.
The presentation lasts around 25 minutes and is followed by a Q&A session. Check out the Circle’s FB page or your email for the link to join us. Please advise if you wish guests to attend. See you then.

CWW - 'Let's talk about Ramón Bilbao in Rueda – Verdejo and Sauvignon Blanc with Sara Bañuelos'
2020-10-16 14:00 - 15:00
Ramón Bilbao’s search of a white wine with all the elegance and freshness that has become the hallmark of its Rioja reds was realised in 2010 when the first Ramón Bilbao Verdejo was produced. 2016 marked the next stage of Ramón Bilbao’s Rueda journey with the release of the first two wines to be vinified at the new bodega: a Verdejo, and a brand-new Sauvignon Blanc. Join Sara Bañuelos, their Technical Director, who will take you through some of their exciting and varied experimental work for not only today but for the future too.

New York State of Wine - webinar, episode 2
2020-10-21 17:00 - 18:00
Do please join us for this second episode, which is focused on the rich and long history of grape growing and winemaking in New York State, Felicity Carter of Meininger’s Wine Business International will host a panel of New York winery representatives to explore important milestones in the wine region: from its pre-prohibition beginnings, to the renaissance of quality winemaking in the 1960s, to the new trends emerging today.
Joining Felicity are benchmark producers from the historic region of the Finger Lakes:

Cameron Hosmer & Julia Hoyle – Hosmer Winery
Meaghan Frank – Dr. Konstantin Frank Winery
Scott Osborn – Fox Run Winery

Register here: http://bit.ly/ny-state-of-wine-webinar-series

Copy of CWW - 'Let's talk about.....' weekly webinar
2020-10-30 14:00 - 14:30

''Let's talk about Saint Chinian - the appellation and its geology"
2020-11-27 14:00 - 15:00
This CWW seminar will be presented by Elisabeth Poux and Luc David. Elisabeth, who is on the communications committee for the appellation and winegrower/owner at Domaine de Pech-Ménel, will introduce the Saint Chinian appellation where her family have been vignerons since the mid-19th century. Luc, who is a geologist, will explain the particular geology of appellation, made up predominantly of schist and clay-limestone, plus give you an insight into his study of the geomorphology zonage of the area.
Guests are welcome, please let us know their name if possible.

CWW Seasonal & Festive Cheer
2020-12-01 19:00 - 20:00
Circle members are invited to join fellow members and guests for this Seasonal and Christmas Cheer with Charles and Oz. It’s the Circle’s Annual Party Online and we are hoping that members across the globe can join in. Please register with Andrea if you wish to attend so she can send you the Zoom link.

Webinar: Rutherglen Muscat - Australia’s liquid gold
2020-12-10 10:00 - 11:00
Carefully crafted from over 100 years of rare stocks, family secrets and skills, Rutherglen’s fortified wines are intrinsically Australian and unique in the world of wine.
Come on a journey of discovery with some of Australia’s best Muscat producers – Jane Campbell, Stephen Chambers, Wendy Killeen, and Jen Pfeiffer. Live from Rutherglen, they will take you through the classifications of Rutherglen Muscat (Rutherglen Muscat, Classic Rutherglen Muscat, Grand Rutherglen Muscat, and Rare Rutherglen Muscat) and will also discuss the wineries’ varied house styles.
Hear from producers with stocks of Muscat that have been handed down through three, four and even five generations, and discover the family secrets behind this iconic wine.
This webinar is free and open to all. You’re welcome to share the details with colleagues and wine friends.
For more information about the webinar and to register, please visit https://wineaustralia.com/whats-happening/events/rutherglen-muscat-australias-liquid-gold

New York State of Wine - webinar, episode 4
2020-12-16 17:00 - 18:00
Do please join us for – Boldy, Rooted – led by wine writer and author, Jamie Goode, the fourth chapter of the webinar series focuses on the diverse grape varieties that thrive in New York State and the wine styles they produce.
Joined by a panel of New York winemakers, Jamie will explore internationally renowned varieties and lesser known, alternative grapes planted in New York, and of course, the cold hardy hybrids that are so well suited to New York’s extreme climate.
Joining Jamie from the Finger Lakes AVA are:

Nathan Kendall of Nathan K Wines;
Ben Riccardi of Osmote Winery;
Nova Cadamatre MW of Trestle 31

Please feel free to share this with any wine lover who may also be interested to join.
Registration link: http://bit.ly/ny-state-of-wine-webinar-series
