AWE is putting a team in for the Benevolent Quiz on 12th April to help raise funds for our trade charity. Last year we did very well coming in 2nd place, but, of course, winning is of no importance whatsoever, it’s the taking part and having fun which counts. Mostly....

27TH ANNUAL WINES FROM SPAIN TRADE FAIR 2016   Thursday 14 April 2016 10.30am – 6pm (early access for press at 9.30am)     Tobacco Dock, 50 Porters Walk, Wapping, London E1W 2SF   The 27th Annual Wines from Spain Trade Fair will take place on Thursday 14 April 2016 at...

AWE member, Professor Gareth Morgan along with his colleague Richard Tresidder, have published a fascinating book which looks at wine in a social context giving the reader the incentive to think about the part wine plays in the world today. Its double title, Contemporary Wine Studies: Dancing with Bacchus illustrates...

It’s a well-known fact that it’s not easy to make anything more than a comfortable living if you make wine. The idea of owning a vineyard, growing grapes, fermenting them into something utterly delicious and selling them all around the world sounds perfect. Idyllic. But, and it’s a big one,...