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Meet the Member: Colin Hampden-White

Posted on by Amanda Barnes
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Meet the Friend: Magdalena Kaiser, Wine Country Ontario

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Magdalena Kaiser is Director of Public Relations for Wine Country Ontario, and a longstanding Friend of the Circle. In this interview, Amanda Barnes learns about her wine story from siphoning wine at a young age with her father to managing cool climate conferences and being part of the growing, dynamic wine scene in Ontario.   What was your earliest memory in wine? I suppose you coul...
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Champagne vs. ‘Champagne’

Posted on by Markus Hungerbühler
Markus Hungerbühler reports from Switzerland on the Swiss Federal Supreme Court’s rejection of the Protected Designation of Origin ‘AOC Commune de Champagne’. In March 2022, another case concerning the use of the designation ‘Champagne’ for wine from the municipality of Champagne in the Canton Vaud in Switzerland ended. The Federal Supreme Court, the highest court of the country, terminated the d...
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Discovering gold in a silver mine

Posted on by Keith Grainger
Keith Grainger gets in some great Gewürztraminer, which is grown up high in the extreme north of Italy’s Alto Adige region, and aged within a mountain. He is joined by four other Circle members as part as a wider press trip. In the very north of Italy’s Alto Adige region (also known as Südtirol), an old silver mine can be found. No mining has taken place here for 50 years, but today deep undergro...
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Meet the Friend: Selim Bocti, VintageCellar

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Recognising the human factor in Sherry and Montilla

Posted on by Yolanda Ortiz de Arri
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CWW President Rosemary George has been made a Chevalier of the Ordre du Mérite

Posted on by Sue Eames
Sue Eames shares the news of Rosemary George MW being made a Chevalier of the Ordre du Mérite. We are very proud to share the news that the CWW President, Rosemary George MW, has been made a Chevalier of the Ordre du Mérite for her services to agriculture by the French Government. As Rosemary herself says, this is thanks to her writing about French wine for 40 years. The award will be formally pr...
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Virtually sipping Spain

Posted on by Amanda Barnes
Amanda Barnes embraces the opportunity to electronically engage with exciting wines from España at the annual Wines of Spain tasting. I know some people are over the virtual tastings, and others are not getting back into in-person tastings yet. I’m personally keen on both, and — most of all — keen to visit the vineyards while I can. But while I’m in the UK, chained to my desk prepping for MW exam...
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Meet the Member: Jasper Morris MW

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Meet the Member, Jasper Morris MW interview with Amanda Barnes
One of the world’s most sought-after experts on Burgundy and author of Inside Burgundy, Jasper Morris MW has experience across the industry as a buyer, critic and writer. In this interview from Jasper’s home in Beaune, Amanda Barnes asks him about how he sees key changes in Burgundy playing out and what other wine regions make him tick.   How did you first get into wine? It came about thro...
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English effervescence

Posted on by Tobias Gorn
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