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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Monique Geisen is another Oregon fan, introducing herself as 'an account supervisor at Los Angeles-based PR firm Jarvis Communications. She...
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For her entry to our writing competition, another old-vine vineyard in Oregon, Karen Magner writes, ' Greetings from Denver, Colorado...
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We're back in the Skurfberg region for Rob MacCulloch MW's entry to our old-vine writing competition. He writes, ' I'm...
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Lindsay Jones' entry to our old-vines writing competition begins, 'My name is Lindsay and I am an educator based in...
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Olly Styles writes, 'Well the old vines thing was pretty irresistible. I was at Decanter for six years from 2003–2009...
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Caroline Gilby MW is a wine writer, Eastern European wine specialist and author of The wines of Bulgaria, Romania and...
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' My name is Valeria Tenison, I am a Russian sommelier and wine journalist, living in France. In 2020 I...
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The third entry to our 2021 writing competition on old vines is from Etienne Neethling, who introduces himself as 'a...
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Ze'ev Dunie is the author of the second 2021 writing competition entry to be published. He writes: 'Owner and winemaker...
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The first entry to our 2021 writing competition on old vines is from Sarah May Grunwald, who describes herself thus...
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22 September 2021 See who won...
2 September 2021 And now it's your turn. Please vote for your favourite articles...
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How we will publish this year’s entries to our popular wine writing competition.
It has taken us quite a time...
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Now that all the entries in this year's wine writing competition are in, some clear trends have emerged.
Once again...
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30 June 2021 Deadline for entries is today!
25 June 2021 Just five more days to go before the deadline...
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31 March 2021 Note that the dates of the South African trip offered to the winner have been changed to...
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