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Finding a way through phylloxera

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams discovers how Yarra Valley growers are actually embracing the challenge posed by the dreaded vine root-devouring louse as an opportunity to prepare for another epic cultivation challenge – climate change, as well as using other innovative methods to temper the tiny aphid’s terrible threat. “Phylloxera is having a significant impact in the Yarra Valley,” laments Sandra de Pury o...

Bükk buckles down

Posted on September 6, 2020September 9, 2020 by Robert Smyth

Robert Smyth finally frees the shackles of lockdown on his first post-Covid wine trip, and finds winemaking momentum building in the mountains around Miskolc, in north-eastern Hungary. A version of this article earlier appeared in the Budapest Business Journal. It was a welcome change to return to Hungarian wine country in June, to witness a barely-known cum less prestigious wine region take stri...

Promise amongst the peaks and the pumice

Posted on September 6, 2020September 9, 2020 by Wink Lorch

Continuing on from her introductory article in August’s Circular on the Côtes d’Auvergne region in the Puy de Dôme department, within the volcanic part of France’s Massif Central, Wink Lorch visits producers big and small, and finds plenty of potential in the region that has altitude and ash to its advantage. With only about 400 hectares (ha), Côtes d’Auvergne inspired me to think once again abou...

What can I still afford to drink?

Posted on August 28, 2020September 9, 2020 by Neal D. Hulkower

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Let’s talk about self-publishing

Posted on August 9, 2020August 12, 2020 by Amanda Barnes

Roussanne really right for the Cape

Posted on August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 by Malu Lambert

An eruption of Gamay in Côtes d’Auvergne

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Wink Lorch

In the first of two articles, Wink Lorch leaves the French Alps and veers into volcanic mountain territory to explore the Côtes d’Auvergne, a wine region that has risen from the ashes, and is joined by fellow CWW member and Loire expert Jim Budd. The second instalment is due to appear in September’s edition of The Circular. Having been lucky enough to spend lockdown high up in my French Alpine ho...

Building community to preserve children’s hope

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Cathrine Todd

When cider is wine

Posted on July 6, 2020July 8, 2020 by Alistair Morrell

Alistair Morrell explores the many parallels between cider/perry and wine, which he feels in its purest form should certainly not be bracketed together with beer. Nevertheless, the process of keeving keeps its unique. Alistair’s presentation to the Circle on the subject can be found on YouTube. When the Cider Is Wine trade alliance was launched at the end of 2018, it raised eyebrows with some bec...

English wine: much more beyond bubbles

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Liz Sagues

Liz Sagues looks back on last month's Circle of Wine Writers seminar on still English wine and why it sparkles just as much as English sparkling wine. The decision to focus the Circle's June 26th webinar on English still wine rather than sparkling was a deliberate one. Coronavirus restrictions permitting, the committee is planning a masterclass and tasting early in November to help bring the too-...