The Sommelier Wine Awards is a wine competition with a difference. As the UK’s only on-trade wine competition, it focuses entirely on wines aimed at the on-trade. The deadline for entries for the 2021 competition is Wednesday 20 January 2021. Wines can be entered at www.sommelierwineawards.com
The Portuguese Wine Importers' Meeting is for Portuguese wine importers ONLY and will be digital this year. Wines of Portugal will present its Marketing and Promotion Plan for 2021, as well as, some market data. If you directly import Portuguese wines and you'd like to take part to this meeting, please send us an email, …
New Zealand Winegrowers, are delighted to announce our very first Virtual New Zealand Wine Week, kicking off February 8th 2021. With activities planned across the USA, UK, Ireland and Canada, we are excited to invite you to join us for wide range of programmes including tastings, discussions, and online activities. These events will provide you with …
Test your wine knowledge, brush up on Australian wine and maybe even win a prize in Wine Australia’s monthly online quiz. Wine Australia’s Emma Symington MW will be your quizmaster, taking you through four rounds of questions. Tune in from home, pour yourself a glass of Aussie wine, get your thinking caps on and have …
At 7pm on Sunday 14th February Tim Atkin MW is hosting an InstaLive to launch his sixth annual in-depth 2021 Rioja report. To prepare this report under the restrictions of Covid-19, he tasted 1,196 wines in London, and had 180 Zoom calls with winemakers to replace his usual trip to Rioja. The 2021 Rioja report …
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The wine world is always thirsting for new experiences, new flavours and new styles of wine. Nothing has provided them with more joy recently than Hungarian furmint. This is the most important grape behind the renowned sweet wines of Tokaj, the ‘wine of kings and king of wines’. However, it also produces delicious and complex …
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The One Step Beyond initiative, introduced last year in a joint partnership between The Buyer and Sophie Jump, is back. Its aim is to give the drinks, retail and hospitality sectors insights into the latest trends in technology and innovation and how they impact on consumer behaviour and expectations. The Zoom session will cover macro …
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Discover the wines, people and personality of this unique, cool climate peninsula. Find out what’s special about the Mornington Peninsula and why it’s such a hotspot (or rather cool spot!) for Pinot Noir. The conversation will be led by Matthew Jukes, a great friend of the region, who will draw out the stories and focus …
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Join us for the launch of Australian Wine CONNECT, a dynamic, always-on, virtual platform bringing the global wine community together to build new connections with Australia’s thrilling wine scene for powerful commercial outcomes. Host Mike Bennie will lead a series of conversations with some of Australia’s innovative winemakers and give you a preview of the …
A tasting to celebrate the launch of the first Picpoul de Pinet icon wine and discover the secrets behind the ageing potential of this emblematic Languedoc variety.  Hosts Iain Munson MW, Head Winemaker for JeanJean and Cyril Payon, Director of Ormarine the leading producer of Picpoul de Pinet, would like you to come with …
WSET student? Aussie wine fan? General wine nerd? If this is you, or you just enjoy a good old quiz with a prize up for grabs, join us on Monday 10 May for our monthly TBC Quiz to test your wine knowledge. Wine Australia’s quizmaster Emma Symington MW will take you through four rounds of questions, with …