Writing

As the 2016 wine harvest gets fully underway across the Northern Hemisphere, I reminisce about my own harvest experience earlier this year… In February of this year, I completed an important rite of passage. I worked in a winery for the first time. This may not sound...

Today on International Women’s Day, the world is celebrating and championing women, and the wine business (traditionally a male-dominated industry like so many) is no different. It seemed appropriate therefore that I interview an up-and-coming female British winemaker...

There is an abundance of such amusing quotations to be found online, many of which sum up precisely the frustration we wine-lovers face when it comes to staying slim. Not only do we love wine, but we usually also love its natural bedfellow – FOOD. We are hedonists, we...

Friday 22nd December 2023 Inspired by Jancis Robinson MW's 2023 wine writing competition, Anne has written her own version (several months too late for entering the competition!). Hope you enjoy her story. I was aware of my parents' love of wine from my earliest days....

Monday 22nd November 2010 Anne's submission was the proposed first chapter of a book which would be entitled 'A Passion for Wine: The Rich Tapestry'. As yet, the book has not materialised! Enjoy reading her winning entry below. The traditional congratulatory winners'...

11th October 2004 Anne McHale takes a close look at the wine business through the eyes of a recent language graduate “What do you do?” A question one invariably gets asked upon making a new acquaintance (and if you go speed-dating, twenty times in the space of one...