Circle of Wine Writers

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 | Meg Maker

Circle Chair Meg Maker questions the role of the reader in wine writing, and in doing so, reflects on the purpose of the writing itself. I recently published a long memoiristic essay about a press trip I had taken in Northern Italy. A fellow wine journalist posted a comment asking, "Who's the reader?"It's a valid question. Whenever we sit down to write an article, we should consider our reader, and some ways that means we act as both writer and editor.

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.