About the Wine Writer's Circle

In the Beginning...

The first meeting of the WWCC was in 1985. Margaret Swaine was the first President and key members were Tony Aspler, Jacques Marie, Gloria Varley and Charles Israel, Dave Lawrason, Konrad Ejbich, Andrew Sharp, Dick Singer, Alex Eberspaecher and Michael Vaughan, all of whom hosted meetings in the formative years.

The first executive was President: Margaret Swaine, Vice-President: Tony Aspler, Treasurer: Konrad Ejbich, Secretary: Geraldine Rubino and Wine Reporter: Jacques Marie.

Succeeding Presidents have included Tony Aspler, Geraldine Rubino, Michael Vaughan, Frank Baldock (three successive terms), Konrad Ejbich and currently Sheila Swerling-Puritt.