The team at Castelnau Wine Agencies, are delighted to invite Circle of Wine Writers subscribers to their portfolio tasting. With over 80 specially selected wines from their full range, this is a great opportunity to get to know their fantastic wines from our producers around the world. There will also be a rare chance to […]

CWW - Let's talk about... Sicily's historical heritage and its present-day progress on sustainability, organics and more, with Alessio Planeta Tuesday 19th March at 5pm GMT Join us to learn about the history of wine in Sicily and modern practices of sustainability, with Alessio Planeta, CEO of Planeta. Alessio will explain how, for almost five […]

CWW - Let's talk about... Rosé: a simple wine that’s full of mystery, with Liz Gabay MW Tuesday 9th April at 5pm BST For years rosé has been promoted as the simple pink wine appealing to consumers who do not want to learn vintage charts, terroir or wine making. It just is, like Just Ken […]

CWW - Let's talk about... Rosé: a simple wine that’s full of mystery, with Porto Protocol with Diana Snowden Seysses, Marta Mendonça and Muriel Chatel moderated by L.M. Archer.  Tuesday 23rd April at 5pm BST Join us for a discussion on bottle reuse solutions to date with three members of Porto Protocol, Diana Snowden Seysses, […]

In April, winemakers from Austria’s Neusiedlersee DAC will be in London for a masterclass and tasting. A selection of new vintage wines will be available to taste from 15 producers: Allacher Vinum Pannonia Artisan Wines Hannes Reeh Markus Iro Weingut Kummer Seegut Lentsch Georg Preisinger Moser Weine Münzenrieder Gebrüder Nittnaus NESTOR Preiner Wein Pöckl Salzl […]

CWW - Let's talk about... Porto and Douro, a revolution in Wine Tourism and its impact on the region and its products, with Adrian Bridge Tuesday 7th May at 5pm BST Portugal is a highly fashionable tourism destination and has seen an explosion of development in Lisbon and Porto over recent years, with much international […]

2024 AGM papers - due to be held on Thursday 9 May at 5 pm BST online. Link will be added here shortly to join the meeting. We look forward to welcoming you. The following papers can be downloaded by clicking on the. Please note they were also emailed to you on Wednesday 17 April […]

This is a very special Let's talk about... online seminar - number 100 in the series! Welcome to the mountainous and geologically fascinating region of Abruzzo, set between the Apennine mountains and the Adriatic Sea. Despite its importance - it is Italy's fifth most productive wine region, ahead of Toscana and Piemonte - it is […]

CWW - Let's taste... Maremma rosé with Elisabetta Ceccariglia and Liz Gabay MW Wednesday 29th May, 3pm BST We're delighted to announce the first CWW Let's taste... online session of 2024, when Liz Gabay MW and producers from six wineries will discuss the highly individual rosé wines of Maremma, on the southern shores of Tuscany. […]

Across the globe climate change is challenging wine growers. One issue of increasing concern is drought, in areas where rainfall has long been limited but now also hitting vineyard regions once considered wet. Cheval des Andes, high in Mendoza and in the Uco Valley, and Domaine Lafage, whose vineyards stretch from the Mediterranean shore into […]