2021 writing competition
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WWC21 – Evangelho, California
8 September 2022 We’re republishing the winning entry to last year’s writing competition with its old-vine theme to remind you to vote for you favourite entries in this year’s competition...
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Thursday 8 September 2022
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Winemaker Cerina van Niekirk's entry is titled, 'From Priorat to Piekenierskloof'. She explains that 'My husband is the cellar master...
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For her introduction to her competition entry, Irene Graziotto writes: 'I have been surfing the wine world for over a...
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Holly Shaw sent in an introduction that went: ' Holly Shaw, DWS grew up in San Diego and moved to...
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Hajnalka Kis writes, 'I would love to say that I am a wine writer, but since January this year, I...
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Gergely Ripka writes in to say, 'I was born in 1985 and live in Budapest. After spending 10 years selling...
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'Hello. My name is Savvas Kyriakidis and I am a wine wonk by chance. I studied Journalism and Mass Communications...
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Hilary McGrath writes in, with her entry: 'Hilary McGrath is a French to English translator and proofreader, specialising in wine...
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The Panmans have inadvertently frequented our Purple Pages one way or another over the last 12 years, their beautiful Limoux...
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' My name is Madeleine Rothery, I’m an Australian writer based in Paris. I’m by no means a traditional wine...
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' Please find attached my first ever piece of prose. La Roque vineyard belongs to Domaine Jones and covers a...
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Charlotte Fenwick writes, ' A chartered accountant based in Newcastle, I spend too much of my time daydreaming about red...
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Kirsty Hill is the head of marketing at DMG Fine Wine Australia, producer of wines under the Handpicked brand: 'I...
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