2018 writing competition
Latest 2018 writing competition
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And the winner is...
Those of you who have read the 108 competition entries that we published this month and last will realise just how difficult it has been to pick a winner from...
Jancis Robinson
Friday 28 September 2018
• 2 min read
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Jeannie Boutelle is in the retail wine department of Eataly Chicago, is a wine writer and educator and has a...
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‘Stefan Ożegowski, husband, father of two daughters, grandfather of a pair of grandchildren (7 and 3 years old). Once characterized...
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Simon Wheeler writes, ' I’m a 50 plus male who has been fortunate enough to work in music pretty much...
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How Peter Galvin fits in to the world of wine and how he came to do so is evident from...
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Lee Isaacs DipWSET writes about himself, ‘I have been in the wine trade since 2002 but have been around wine...
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Brie Cadman sends this picture of her and her sister in the cellar, 1985. Here’s what she wrote about herself...
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Riccardo Brighigna writes, ‘ I am a winemaker consultant of several wineries for the oenological department in the Abruzzo region...
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‘My name is Şeyma Baş and I’m a wine trade professional working in strategic branding and creative marketing through my...
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Aaron Reeves works as a sommelier in Seattle, Washington. This is his (unedited) entry in our seminal wine competition.
“So...
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Samanta Bevilacqua says about her current life, ‘ I do not have a stable base now as I left Venezuela...
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Persis Johnson writes about herself, 'After completing her graduate work studying International Environmental Policy at the Middlebury Institute of International...
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' Tim Carlisle has spent the last ten years working in the wine trade, always for or with Independent Wine...
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Colin Anderson MW supplies this list of his roles in the UK wine trade:
1950 Office Boy Geo Peters and...
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Carol King writes, ‘I am a former art director now working in wine. I split my time as Wine Director...
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Aleksandar Draganic writes about himself, ‘I’m a WSET Diploma student exploring all things wine through food, travel and good times...
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Dave Lofstrom works as a sommelier in New York City, where he lives with his wife, Lori, and their four...
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