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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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For our second English-vineyard-based entry to the writing competition, Sam Hellyer reports in. 'I'm the head of wine and spirits...
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'Dear ladies and gentlemen, my name is Vasilis Mylonas, 33 years old and I'm agronomist at Kir-Yianni Estate, Greece. I'm...
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In her competition entry entitled 'Scenes of freedom and survival', Desislava Lyapova, senior writer at Liv-ex and freelance wine-marketing consultant...
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Monique Geisen is another Oregon fan, introducing herself as 'an account supervisor at Los Angeles-based PR firm Jarvis Communications. She...
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For her entry to our writing competition, another old-vine vineyard in Oregon, Karen Magner writes, ' Greetings from Denver, Colorado...
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We're back in the Skurfberg region for Rob MacCulloch MW's entry to our old-vine writing competition. He writes, ' I'm...
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Lindsay Jones' entry to our old-vines writing competition begins, 'My name is Lindsay and I am an educator based in...
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Caroline Gilby MW is a wine writer, Eastern European wine specialist and author of The wines of Bulgaria, Romania and...
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Olly Styles writes, 'Well the old vines thing was pretty irresistible. I was at Decanter for six years from 2003–2009...
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' My name is Valeria Tenison, I am a Russian sommelier and wine journalist, living in France. In 2020 I...
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The third entry to our 2021 writing competition on old vines is from Etienne Neethling, who introduces himself as 'a...
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The first entry to our 2021 writing competition on old vines is from Sarah May Grunwald, who describes herself thus...
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Ze'ev Dunie is the author of the second 2021 writing competition entry to be published. He writes: 'Owner and winemaker...
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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...
Book reviews
As it's English Wine Week, it seems a good time for reviews of a couple of books, recently published, on...
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31 March 2021 Note that the dates of the South African trip offered to the winner have been changed to...
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