Wine Australia and New Zealand Winegrowers have teamed up to run their UK and Ireland trade tastings together for the first time in Dublin (27 January), London (30 January) and Edinburgh (4 February). The Aussies and Kiwis are good mates with lots in common. Fine wine, great food, stunning scenery, the cool Southern Ocean and […]

Wine Australia and New Zealand Winegrowers have teamed up to run their UK and Ireland trade tastings together for the first time in Dublin (27 January), London (30 January) and Edinburgh (4 February). The Aussies and Kiwis are good mates with lots in common. Fine wine, great food, stunning scenery, the cool Southern Ocean and […]

Wine Australia and New Zealand Winegrowers have teamed up to run their UK and Ireland trade tastings together for the first time in Dublin (27 January), London (30 January) and Edinburgh (4 February). The Aussies and Kiwis are good mates with lots in common. Fine wine, great food, stunning scenery, the cool Southern Ocean and […]

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 […]

The highly topical but little understood subject of regenerative viticulture will be under discussion at the Circle's next online seminar. Our presenters will be Becky Sykes and Justin Howard-Sneyd MW.  Becky is programme director of the Regenerative Viticulture Foundation (RVF) and thus is ideally placed to provide an authoritative introduction to the practice. Justin is a […]

The team at Mentzendorff are delighted to invite Circle of Wine Writers members to our Annual Portfolio Tasting taking place at One Great George Street on Tuesday 4th March 2025 . This event is the highlight of our calendar each year, bringing together international winemakers from across our Portfolio to share our diverse range of […]

Alessandro is known world wide as as Italy's 'mapman', and his exceptionally detailed atlases of Chianti Classico, Barolo and Barbaresco are considered indispensable guides to the regions' MGAs and UGAs. He'll explain how the maps came about and the many elements that go into creating them. 'If you want to make a viticultural map, you […]

Olivier, head of the pioneering Plaimont co-operative in South West France, will take a deep dive into the study of grape varieties and the vital role their diversity plays in shaping the future of wine. As the industry faces increasing homogenisation and climate challenges, Plaimont has championed rare Pyrenean grape varieties such as Petit Courbu, […]

CWW Let's talk about... Wine judging - practice and purpose, with Charles Metcalfe, Sue Eames, Liz Gabay MW and Darrell Joseph Our distinguished panel of CWW members, led by International Wine Challenge co-founder Charles Metcalfe, will bring their experience of judging at different competitions in the UK, Europe and beyond as they discuss a subject […]

At the end of the 20th century, the vineyards on the slopes of the volcano Mount Etna were nearly abandoned. Today, there are more than 100 successful estates and hundreds of growers making some of the world's finest wines from indigenous Sicilian grape varieties. On Europe’s largest active volcano, this kind of rapid change doesn't […]