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SUMMARY:Australia and New Zealand Trade Tasting 2025
DESCRIPTION:Wine Australia and New Zealand Winegrowers have teamed up to run their UK and Ireland trade tastings together for the first time in Dublin (27 January)\, London (30 January) and Edinburgh (4 February). \nThe Aussies and Kiwis are good mates with lots in common. Fine wine\, great food\, stunning scenery\, the cool Southern Ocean and also their cool Antipodean attitude. Don’t miss this joint event to find out more! \nExplore the quality and diversity of Australian and New Zealand wine under one roof. The tasting will showcase Australia and New Zealand’s distinctive terroirs\, vibrant winemaking communities and thrilling wines. \nThis is your chance to discover new wines\, revisit the classics\, meet the makers\, and catch up with importers. Across the roadshow\, there’ll be more than 1\,000 wines from 200 wineries. Highlights include: \n• wines from 54 regions across Australia and New Zealand\n• 44 grape varieties – from Assyrtiko to Uva di Troia\n• sparkling wines – including Moscato\, pét nat and sparkling Shiraz\n• alternative wines and new launches – minimal intervention wines\, low and no alcohol wines\, and wines from celebrities\n• certified organic and biodynamic wineries\, and\n• producers seeking distribution in the UK and Ireland – 17 wineries in London\, 8 in Edinburgh and Dublin. \nBrowse the tasting booklet for London\, Edinburgh and Dublin in advance to check out the wineries\, importers and all the wines. Printed versions of the tasting booklets will be available on the day. \nRegister here \nContact:  uk@wineaustralia.com    sarahs@nzwine.com
URL:https://www.circleofwinewriters.org/event/australia-and-new-zealand-trade-tasting-2025-3/
LOCATION:The Balmoral\, 1 Princes Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 2EQ
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SUMMARY:CWW Let's talk about... Light strike: wine scandal\, with Peter Richards MW
DESCRIPTION:There’s good reason for earlier than usual information about this important webinar\, where Peter will bring us up to date on the light strike scandal following last year’s headline-hitting disclosures in the Wine Blast podcast he hosts with his wife and fellow MW Susie Barrie.  \nTo take full advantage of what Peter hopes will be a discussion as much as a presentation\, members and guests attending are invited to carry out their own light strike experiment\, starting a week ahead of the session. Full details of what to do are at the end of this invitation\, so please scroll on – after registering for the webinar – and be ready to take part. Joining in isn’t compulsory\, you can simply watch and listen as usual if you prefer. \nPeter will talk about what light strike is\, how and why it happens\, latest academic research\, what the (unpleasant) effects are\, and what can be done to prevent it. The discussion will also focus on why wine communicators have a duty to raise the prominence of this issue – wine drinkers are effectively being taken for mugs\, and that\, Peter believes\, is scandalous. Live tasting will allow experimenters to experience the effects. \nPeter Richards MW\, a CWW member\, is a much-respected writer and broadcaster. His TV work ranges from 12 years on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen to new wine-and-travel series The Wild Side of Wine. With Susie\, Peter hosts the acclaimed Wine Blast podcast\, one of the most successful drinks shows in global charts\, going out nearly 200 countries and regularly generating headlines in the national press. \nFor a taste of what is coming\, see the original podcast:\nhttps://susieandpeter.com/podcast-episodes/season-five-wine-blast-podcast/light-strike-wines-not-so-secret-scandal/ \nTo join this Zoom seminar\, please register now or at any time before 5pm GMT on Tuesday 4th February. The session\, including Q&As\, will last for approximately one hour. To register\, follow the link below. Guests will be very welcome\, but please let Andrea know their names. \nRegister here:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AJQhGGNfR_WjN7axKSzbFQ \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \nWe look forward to seeing you then. \nIf you can’t attend the live session\, there will be a recording available to watch afterwards on the Circle’s YouTube channel (links to this and earlier sessions are in the members’ area of the website). \nMichèle Shah & Liz Sagues\, CWW online events organisers \nImages:\nPeter Richards MW: Tom Gold/WineGB\nLight strike experiment: susieandpeter.com \nTo view instructions from Peter to participate in the session please follow the link below: \nhttps://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/aexn3eq54itsmicmo6qpn/Let-s-talk-Light-Strike-Peter-Richards-instructions-Feb-4-25.pdf?rlkey=wfigq207g1gqeaqq5jmzj8r1q&st=tmnjchww&dl=0 \n 
URL:https://www.circleofwinewriters.org/event/cww-lets-talk-about-light-strike-wine-scandal-with-peter-richards-mw/
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SUMMARY:CWW Let's talk about... An introduction to regenerative viticulture\, with Becky Sykes and Justin Howard-Sneyd MW
DESCRIPTION:The highly topical but little understood subject of regenerative viticulture will be under discussion at the Circle’s next online seminar. Our presenters will be Becky Sykes and Justin Howard-Sneyd MW.  Becky is programme director of the Regenerative Viticulture Foundation (RVF) and thus is ideally placed to provide an authoritative introduction to the practice. Justin is a trustee of the RVF. \nBecky will introduce the concept and explain how regenerative viticulture intersects with organic and biodynamic principles. She will also talk through the key practices\, discuss regional variations and explain how regenerative viticulture delivers climate resilience and improves ecosystems\, biodiversity and natural habitats. She can also provide information about the support the foundation provides to growers and the resources available (such as the recently released Literature Review). \nBecky’s position at the RVF gives her responsibility for research\, education and engagement. Her role is to develop the resources and community network needed to support and connect producers\, wherever they are on their regenerative journey. She also manages research projects and engages wine educators to spread both awareness and understanding of the benefits of regenerative viticulture. \nShe has a passion for regenerative viticulture\, sparked during her MSc in viticulture and oenology. She uses the stakeholder engagement expertise gained in her previous career as a public affairs PR consultant to forward the foundation’s aims. She also has a degree in aerospace engineering! \nTo learn more of the foundation’s work see\nwww.regenerativeviticulture.org\nand\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-regenerative-viticulture-foundation/\nhttps://www.facebook.com/RegenerativeViticulture/\nhttps://www.instagram.com/regenerativeviticulture/ \nTo join this Zoom seminar\, please register now or at any time before 5pm GMT on February 18th. The session\, including Q&As\, will last for approximately one hour. To register\, follow the links below. Guests will be very welcome\, but please let Andrea know their names. \nRegister in advance for this meeting:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/65g8OXpjRLKFfkQlvusDpQ  \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \nWe look forward to seeing you then. \nIf you can’t attend the live session\, there will be a recording available to watch afterwards on the Circle’s YouTube channel (links to this and earlier sessions are in the members’ area of the website). \nMichèle Shah & Liz Sagues\, CWW online events organisers \nVineyard image – Hartenberg Wine Estate
URL:https://www.circleofwinewriters.org/event/cww-lets-talk-about-an-introduction-to-regenerative-viticulture-with-becky-sykes-and-justin-howard-sneyd-mw/
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