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When cider is wine

Posted on 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...
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English wine: much more beyond bubbles

Posted on by Liz Sagues
bolney wine estate
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-...
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Counting the true cost of wine

Posted on by L.M. Archer
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A cultural conundrum

Posted on by Neal D. Hulkower
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Changing the wine business for the better

Posted on by Tim Atkin
diversity in the wine industry
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Modern Malbec and the Mendoza matriarch

Posted on by Ruma Singh
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Dr Richard Smart calls for carbon capture

Posted on 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...
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An extremely expensive endeavour

Posted on by L.M. Archer
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The Cape Crusader: Rosa Kruger & The Old Vine Project

Posted on by Tim Atkin MW
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A cautionary tale of canfinement

Posted on by Amanda Barnes
An increasingly despairing Tony Harries loses it during lockdown and runs out of supplies. Faced with a difficult choice between two foraged cans of beer and one old bottle of wine that’s way past its best, which will serve to quench our hero’s thirst?    I’m going to share a first-world tale of a wine writer. It might shock, it might make you laugh and there might even be one or two who are reac...
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