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SUMMARY:Mentzendorff's Annual Portfolio Tasting
DESCRIPTION:The team at Mentzendorff are delighted to invite Circle of Wine Writers members to our Annual Portfolio Tasting taking place at One Great George Street on Tuesday 4th March 2025 . This event is the highlight of our calendar each year\, bringing together international winemakers from across our Portfolio to share our diverse range of champagnes\, wines\, fortified wines\, spirits and more. The full list of our portfolio can be found on our website here. \nHighlights of the tasting will include a first taste of new vintages release from across the portfolio\, wines from Spottswoode Estate Vineyard & Winery who joined our Portfolio in January this year\, expertly guided Port and chocolate pairings and maybe even an extra special surprise for pancake day!\nThe registration website also has a “highlighted wines” section which will be updated with what’s “not to miss” in the run-up to the event. \nThis year\, guests will have the opportunity to attend three expert-led masterclasses\, which can be booked when registering on the website: \n10:30am – 11.15am • MASTERCLASS 1\nChampagne AYALA: The Expertise and Excellence of Chardonnay\nPresented by Hadrien Mouflard \n11:45am – 12.30pm • MASTERCLASS 2\nSpottswoode Winery: Four Decades of Environmental Leadership\nPresented by Heather de Savoye \n2:45pm – 3.30pm • MASTERCLASS 3\nPonzi Vineyards: *subject to be confirmed\nPresented by Carrie Kalscheuer \nThe tasting will run from 10am – 5pm\, and a light buffet lunch will be served. \nREGISTER HERE  https://eur.cvent.me/4B2lOq?rt=b94PXuXCb0eTXmsP3rTM5A&RefId=Circle+of+Wine+Writers
URL:https://www.circleofwinewriters.org/event/mentzendorffs-annual-portfolio-tasting/
LOCATION:One Great George Street\, London\, SW1P 3AA
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SUMMARY:CWW Let's talk about... Mapping is so much more than drawing\, with Alessandro Masnaghetti
DESCRIPTION:Alessandro is known world wide as as Italy’s ‘mapman’\, and his exceptionally detailed atlases of Chianti Classico\, Barolo and Barbaresco are considered indispensable guides to the regions’ MGAs and UGAs. He’ll explain how the maps came about and the many elements that go into creating them. \n‘If you want to make a viticultural map\, you need to understand viticulture and oenology\,’ Alessandro says. During his presentation he will touch on multiple aspects of mapping wine regions\, from the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to elevation and exposure\, from natural factors in wine to how to delimit a cru\, from local tradition to mapping by 360-degree images\, from soil and subsoil to geographical boundaries. He will also compare Chianti Classico and Barolo. \nAlessandro originally studied nuclear engineering but his passion for wine soon took over\, leading to a celebrated and multi-faceted career as a taster\, editor\, journalist\, cartographer and educator. \nIn 1987 he founded the magazine Enogea\, which later became a publishing house\, through which he produces his maps and atlases. He received the Oeuvre culturelle de l’année award in 2021 from La Revue du Vin de France for his cartographic and research work. Most recently he has collaborated with Antonio Gallioni (Vinous) on mapping the great wine regions of California. \nLearn more of Alessandro’s work at www.enogea.it \nTo join this Zoom seminar\, please register now or at any time before 5pm GMT on March 4th. 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 here : https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/UsFFagVYSoS6jh-Xt7YGTg \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
URL:https://www.circleofwinewriters.org/event/cww-lets-talk-about-mapping-is-so-much-more-than-drawing-with-alessandro-masnaghetti/
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SUMMARY:CWW Let's talk about... Ampelography and the future of wine\, with Olivier Bourdet-Pees
DESCRIPTION:Olivier\, head of the pioneering Plaimont co-operative in South West France\, will take a deep dive into the study of grape varieties and the vital role their diversity plays in shaping the future of wine. \nAs the industry faces increasing homogenisation and climate challenges\, Plaimont has championed rare Pyrenean grape varieties such as Petit Courbu\, Manseng Noir and Tardif\, preserving France’s rich viticultural heritage. Olivier will explain how a single rediscovered vine has led to a revival planting of 40 hectares\, which he believes will ensure unique\, resilient wines for generations to come\, and will discuss much more of his region’s role in the wider future of wine. \nOlivier joined Plaimont in 2008 as technical director\, with the specific aims of developing rediscovered grape varieties preserved in the co-operative’s unique vine conservatory and defining the most exciting micro-terroirs of the different appellations in which its members work. As managing director and head winemaker since 2012 he has continued the inspiring work of co-operative founder André Dubosc\, emphasising the exceptional diversity of grape varieties\, terroirs and savoir-faire of the IGP Côtes de Gascogne and AOC Saint Mont\, Madiran and Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh. \nBorn in Béarn\, Olivier grew up in a small co-operative farming family\, his passion for trees\, genetic diversity and wine inherited from his grandfather\, a nurseryman and viticulturist. After graduating in oenology and before Plaimont\, he spent 10 years between Bordeaux and South America\, as oneologist and technical director at the important co-operative winery les Vignerons de Tutiac and launching a unique winemaking project in Uruguay\, Viñedo de Minas\, where he planted 28 hectares of Tannat\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. \nTo learn more see plaimont.com \nTo join this Zoom seminar\, please register now or at any time before 5pm GMT on March 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 here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/yvbj2dJKSP-q_ykmqFq3sQ \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
URL:https://www.circleofwinewriters.org/event/cww-lets-talk-about-ampelography-and-the-future-of-wine-with-olivier-bourdet-pees/
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