CWW Let’s talk about… Light strike: wine scandal, with Peter Richards MW
February 4 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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.
To 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.
Peter 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.
Peter 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.
For a taste of what is coming, see the original podcast:
https://susieandpeter.com/podcast-episodes/season-five-wine-blast-podcast/light-strike-wines-not-so-secret-scandal/
To 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.
Register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AJQhGGNfR_WjN7axKSzbFQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
We look forward to seeing you then.
If 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).
Michèle Shah & Liz Sagues, CWW online events organisers
Images:
Peter Richards MW: Tom Gold/WineGB
Light strike experiment: susieandpeter.com
To view instructions from Peter to participate in the session please follow the link below: