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Our 2026 wine writing competition
28 May 2026 Breaking news – Alecia Moore, aka P!NK, will be our guest judge for this year’s WWC. Moore is not only an immensely accoladed musician but she’s also...
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Announcing the winners, runners-up and highly commended authors from our record-breaking 2025 wine writing competition. See this competition guide to...
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11 September 2025 Have you voted for your favourite yet? You have until midnight UK time next Monday to vote...
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Our senior editor Julia Harding MW is garlanded in this year's 'Pulitzers of wine'. Above, left to right, chair of...
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This year’s competition sets a new record, with 309 individual odes to grape varieties submitted! You can read more about...
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19 June 2025 Prizes announced! Enter our wine writing competition for a chance to win one of these wonderful prizes...
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Finally, the results of this year’s wine writing competition (WWC24), surely the best ever. See our competition guide for an...
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12 September 2024 Reminder – you have until 12 noon UK time on Monday 16 September to vote for your...
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The wine-minded club has instituted some thoroughly modern annual awards. Left to right above: winners Peter Richards MW, Susie Barrie...
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3 September 2024 We have selected a shortlist of 20 from the 60 published entries in this year’s wine writing...
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6 June 2024 What is the wine moment you’ll never forget? If you haven’t submitted your tale yet, please do...
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We announced this year's competition in late March, started publishing selected entries in July, and now comes the dénouement.
A...
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Now that all the entries to our 2023 wine writing competition selected for publication have been published, we're able to...
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31 August 2023 This year’s entries have been whittled down to a shortlist of 20 articles and 11 images –...
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Links to the (unedited) entries to this year's wine writing competition that have been published so far are below, with...
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1 July 2022 A big thank-you to all those who sent in entries this year – far more than we...
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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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