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Also: Halter Ranch in Paso Robles brings the total number of Regenerative Organic Certified wineries to 28, and Ruinart opens submissions to its Sommelier Challenge. Before I get to global...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 15 March 2025
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Sommelier Todd Behrend writes this entry to our 2024 wine writing competition about the moment that led him to pursue...
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The influence of legendary sommelier Gérard Basset carries on in this latest round of grant awards designed to increase diversity...
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This entry to our 2023 wine writing competition, by wine writer and educator Sean Magruder, is about wine and hospitality...
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This entry to our 2023 wine writing competition, by sommelier Rebecca Miles-Steiner, is about Master Sommelier Madeline Triffon. For more...
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This submission to our 2023 wine writing competition, by Yasmine Taherbeigi, is about Federico Moccia, head sommelier at 67 Pall...
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In this entry to our 2023 wine writing competition, sommelier Hikaru Takahashi writes about Shu Komatsu, a Japanese wine-bar owner...
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This inspiring submission to our 2023 wine writing competition, by wine writer and educator Lisa Cardelli, focuses on sommelier Mirko...
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We have been absolutely delighted with the 134 submissions to our 2023 wine writing competition (WWC23). Following a preliminary round...
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An inspiring encounter with an initially reluctant islander. Jérôme Faure, who will be 49 in July, seems to have boundless...
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This year's final set of announcements of these great diversity and inclusion initiatives.
We have already announced the first tranche...
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What wine waiters think of us diners. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
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Winnie Toh grew up in Singapore and is currently head sommelier at the Aman resort in the Turks and Caicos...
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26 December 2020 Here is the first of our 2020 book reviews to be republished free. See this guide to...
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Accreditation or true education? Alder discusses the difference with three Americans who recently resigned from the Court of Master Sommeliers...
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The wine world lost a towering figure yesterday. See also Support Gerard Basset's memoirs .
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