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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...
Julian Leidy
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Charlotte Fenwick writes, ' A chartered accountant based in Newcastle, I spend too much of my time daydreaming about red...
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Kirsty Hill is the head of marketing at DMG Fine Wine Australia, producer of wines under the Handpicked brand: 'I...
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Jancis once described him as ' winemaker without portfolio', and has recently written about his rather dramatic adventures in Bolivia...
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'The Old Man and the Vine' was written by Tim Eichelberger, who introduces himself thus: ' My name is Tim...
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Adrianna Catena wrote quite a long introduction to her writing-competition entry, which we've published in full because it provides some...
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Jerry Smith's entry to our old-vine writing competition is about an acre of 53-year-old Riesling. He writes, 'I’m a veterinarian...
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In his introduction to the second entry featuring Charles Coury and the David Hill Vineyard, Lewis Kopman writes, ' I...
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Ben Van Antwerp's bio reads: 'Ben is a winemaker in the Sta Rita Hills for Ken Brown Wines. He is...
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'Mary K. Miller is a freelance science and environment writer with a passion for wine first sparked when she took...
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Melanie Hickman's introduction to her writing-competition entry begins, 'I am a North American native living in Rioja Alavesa for the...
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Katrina de Gentile-Williams' introduction to her competition entry is long, but I couldn't resist including it. 'When I enrolled in...
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Rosemary Mitchell writes, 'I am originally from the UK and moved to Japan over a decade ago after studying Japanese...
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It seems that, in some unexpected ways, our writing competition has touched every corner of the world. This entry is...
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Sara Underdown is wine writer specialising in champagne and contributes to a number of print and online publications including Delicious...
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Some of the entrants to our writing competition come from the least likely backgrounds. Like this one: 'My name is...
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Elona Hesseling didn't tell us anything about herself when she sent in her entry to our wine writing competition, so...
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