Gallery: Winemaker portraits by Patrick Eagar

Circle member Patrick Eagar has dug deep into his photography archive to share ten portraits of winemakers in France, Australia and Lebanon with us in a new Gallery on The Circular.

ST JULIEN BORDEAUX – OCTOBER 7: Anthony Barton (1930 – 2022) of Langoa et Léoville Barton at home in 1987

FLEURIE, FRANCE – MARCH 29: Marguerite Chabert (1899 -1992), aged 80, photographed in the cellars of the Cave cooperative in Fleurie in 1979

MARGARET RIVER, WESTERN AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 8: Di Cullen (1923 – 2003) at Wilyabrup in 1995

HUNTER VALLEY, NEW SOUTH WALES – JANUARY 10: Len Evans (1930 – 2006) at a Rothbury Estate tasting in 1995

PAUILLAC, BORDEAUX – OCTOBER 1: Baron Philippe de Rothschild (1902-1988) in the vineyard at Ch Mouton-Rothschild in 1982

MARGAUX, FRANCE – OCTOBER 17: The late Professor Emile Peynaud (1912 – 2004) photographed at Ch Margaux in 1989

BAROSSA VALLEY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA – DECEMBER 4: Peter Lehmann (1930-2013) – at home in 1998

ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA – DECEMBER 18: Penfolds winery – Max Schubert (1915-1994) working on a sherry sample, said to be his favourite subject in 1986

GHAZIR, LEBANON – SEPTEMBER 15: Serge Hochar (1939-2014), the owner of Chateau Musar at the winery near Beirut, Lebanon in 1994

CANTENAC, MEDOC – OCTOBER 8: Peter Sichel (1931-1998) at Château d’Angludet in 1987

Please respectfully note that all of these photos, and all the Circle of Wine Writer galleries, are not to be republished without the photographer’s permission. Any usage without permission is an infringement of copyright and might lead to legal action.