Amanda Barnes

1 week ago | circleofwinewriters.org | Amanda Barnes

This month our edition is dedicated to the Circle's trip to Cyprus, which took place in late April 2025, following fairly hot on the heels from last year's February visit to this exciting Mediterranean wine island. We hand over to members to report on their highlights of the trip, which took in an entirely different set of wineries to the 2024 tour. ...

3 weeks ago | circleofwinewriters.org | Amanda Barnes

1 month ago | circleofwinewriters.org | Amanda Barnes

Jeroen Bronkhorst is founder of Wijnstudio, a WSET wine school with venues all over the Netherlands. He is a Certified Madeira Wine Educator, Certified Sherry Educator, Certified Port Educator, Cavaleiro of the Confraria do Vinho do Porto, and an Ambassador for the German VDP. In the past, Jeroen was the owner and chef of a restaurant, awarded twice for 'Best National Wine List'. Having both a chef- and wine education, he develops learning materials about wine, and wine and food pairing.

1 month ago | circleofwinewriters.org | Amanda Barnes

After university, Trevor Sharot vowed never to take any more exams. Some years later, he discovered a subject that required drinking Champagne in the exam hall! That changed everything. Trevor now runs GrapeDeal, a wine consultancy based in London, majoring on writing, photography and presentation. He gained the DipWSET, is Secretary of the Central London Wine Society and President of a Fine Wine Lunch club.

1 month ago | circleofwinewriters.org | Amanda Barnes

Circle members share their perspectives on how wine writers and communicators should respond to the current trade war, and what the future might hold. These interviews are part of Meg Maker's 'Navigating the trade war - a communicator's role From the Chair: Navigating the trade war - a communicator's role' feature.