'This blogger' elected chair of the Circle of Wine Writers

Stuart Walton (retiring Circle chair), Steven Spurrier (CWW president), 

Jim (new CWW Chair) 

'This blogger' was honoured and delighted to be elected chair of the Circle of Wine Writers. Min will be a two-year term of office. This marks a first for the Circle electing the first Chair who is a regular blogger. It emphasises both that the CWW does evolve and that it certainly welcomes membership applications from regular bloggers as well as from people who communicate about wine in more 'traditional' media.  

I am lucky to take over from Stuart Walton, who has been Chair for the last four years.  

Jim's bid for Z-list celebrity now on-line!

Finkus Bripp@Conference in Portugal December 2010

Finkus Bripp's interview – 'The JIM BUDD INTERVIEW - "CAMPOGATE" AND "THIS BLOGGER" – is now up on-line here. Thanks Finkus!


Matter of record:
As of 18.20 (GMT) 22.2.2012 I have not been contacted by Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate or anyone carrying out the investigation Parker set up to look into events in Spain. I have received no requests for further assistance or further information nor any request for a meeting. The last communication was from Stephen Miller on 8th February 2012. See here:


'Thank you so much for your assistance.

Stephen Miller'

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Finkus Bripp: TRAILER - THE JIM BUDD INTERVIEW - COMING SOON

 Finkus Bripp seeing whether he might add a shade to his cap

Here is a trailer to the interview that Finkus (wine on the rocks) did with me on Sunday 29th January. Decidedly topical as we talk about Campogate and the request from Robert Parker's lawyers for relevant documents, which were duly sent on 2nd February. The full interview is due to be released next week. 

As the trailer shows I tend to blend into the background, which may be why Parker's lawyers have apparently had difficulty in contacting me to arrange a meeting.