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2025 Golden Vines MW scholars announced
The Gérard Basset Foundation has announced this year’s Golden Vines MW Scholarships, supported by the famous Portuguese wine Barca-Velha. Launched in 2021, these scholarships are designed to give wine professionals...
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Wednesday 15 October 2025
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Golden Vines MW Scholarship shortlist 2025 – part 3
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Wednesday 13 August 2025
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New York-based Charles Curtis MW, fine wine advisor and writer formerly with Christie's, outlines some harsh truths about champagne sales...
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We continue to strengthen our team. The latest additions are both high-achieving, London-based Masters of Wine.
Alistair Cooper MW (right)...
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The 2019 MW examination papers are reproduced below. From the outside, the Royal National Hotel looks like something out of...
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19 May 2019 Derek's memorial service will be held at 5pm on Monday 1 July at Lincoln's Inn Chapel in...
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18 March 2019 A service of Thanksgiving will be held on Thursday 28th March for Marcia Waters. The family have...
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Congratulations to six new Masters of Wine. Today's announcement by the Institute of Masters of Wine brings the total number...
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The world's community of Masters of Wine got that little bit less rare today thanks to the addition of 10...
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I spent last weekend in a buzz of 450 Masters of Wine, MW students and wine producers from 30 countries...
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Last week, several hundred people demonstrated their extraordinary devotion to the study of wine by sitting the Master of Wine...
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The Institute of Masters of Wine announces that four candidates have had their fascinating Research Papers approved and can now...
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September’s Australian Women in Wine tasting that I report on today was held at London's Australia House. This imposing building...
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Today, 14 new Masters of Wine have been announced, joining the four who passed earlier this year. Of the 18...
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Fancy your chances at identifying a late-harvest California Gewürztraminer or a Lagrein from Alto Adige? Last week, more than 150...
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Many congratulations to these four new MWs announced today. The titles of the research papers sound hugely intriguing. So what...
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