
Sarah Abbott MW introduces The Old Vine Conference
This month, we talked to our founder, Sarah Abbott MW, about another passion project: The Old Vine Conference. Together with Leo Austin and Alun Griffiths MW, she has founded this non-profit with the aim of creating a definitive category for…

Translating Italian wine: Laura Donadoni
"...wearing all that weight
Of learning lightly like a flower."
Tennyson, from 'In Memoriam A.H.H. 1850'.
Swirl meets Laura Donadoni, The Italian Wine Girl. A US-based wine educator, writer, marketer and influencer, she's got 51k…

Interview: Christina Rasmussen
Swirl meets Christina Rasmusen, head of content and co-founder of Little Wine.
Christina, together with her business partner Daniela Pillhofer, is on a mission to change the way we learn about wine. "Learning about wine shouldn't be like going…

Time to crown unsung heroes?
As the world of wine evolves so too should wine education.
There has been a lot of talk recently about the British educational curriculum not teaching wider history, and most noticeably skimming over the less-than-desirable aspects of the British…



















