2025 wine writing competition
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Our 2025 wine writing competition – the winners
Announcing the winners, runners-up and highly commended authors from our record-breaking 2025 wine writing competition. See this competition guide to read all 73 published entries. The 2025 wine writing competition...
Julian Leidy
Thursday 18 September 2025
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Our 2025 wine writing competition – the shortlist
Julian Leidy
Thursday 11 September 2025
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WWC25 – ABC: Always Bring Chardonnay, by Maria Banson
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Sunday 31 August 2025
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Professor Monique Bell writes this lyrical entry to our 2025 wine writing competition about Scuppernong, a distinctive American grape variety...
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Makayla Moore writes this clever entry to our 2025 wine writing competition about an encounter with Tempranillo. See the guide...
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In this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, sommelier Maryna Revkova writes a moving ode to a Ukrainian grape...
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In this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, Turkish winemaker Evren Evrim Kalkan writes about her complex relationship with...
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In this poetic entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, Lisa Graziano writes an ode to Portugal's Vinhão. To read...
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Charlotte Adams Alsaadi writes this submission to our 2025 wine writing competition about Grenache. See our competition guide for more...
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In this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, Alexa Sanford writes about her love of Chenin Blanc. See the...
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In this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, sommelier and wine writer Emily Johnston Collins writes about Sicily's Nero...
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Sommelier Keely Cho writes this evocative entry to our 2025 wine writing competition about Georgia's Saperavi and its rich history...
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In this creative entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, Tuscan wine specialist Laura R Gray writes a clever ode...
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In this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, Cat F itzpatrick writes a very original ode to Gewürztraminer. For...
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Restaurateur Illa Kim writes this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition about Riesling. See the guide to our competition...
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In this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, wine marketer and communicator Xeniya Volosnikova writes about Telti-Kuruk – a...
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In this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, MW student Cong Cong Bo – who was also recently profiled...
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In this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, Carol Kaufmann writes about her efforts to promote Chardonnay. See this...
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In this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, Elisa De Luca of Berry Bros & Rudd writes an ode...
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