Bazaar not Bizarre: Modern Turkish Wine
A mark of intelligence is how to answer stupid questions in a smart way. And before I went to this year’s London International Wine Fair, I had many stupid questions about Turkish wine. Let’s start...
View Articlethe blue wines of Tuscany
At first everything seemed fine, more than fine: from left to right, older terracotta-coloured wines from Chianti to the latest bright purple wines from the Tuscan coast of Maremma. The new 2006 Coevo...
View ArticleLunch with Randall Grahm: Imagining Change
Imagine we live on a planet. Not our cozy, taken-for-granted earth, but a planet, a real one, with darkpoles and belching volcanoes and a heaving, corrosive sea, raked by winds, strafed by storms,...
View ArticleThe Mysterious Lady: Hunter Valley Semillon
Hunter Valley Semillon is the reclusive star in Australian wine. While other Australian wines have been all-singing, all-dancing on the world stage, Hunter Valley Semillon has been elegantly waiting...
View ArticleBibendum Annual Tasting in Harpers Wine & Spirit Magazine
First published in Harpers Wine & Spirit February 2011 If you prefer your wine tastings all hushed tones, white walls and good lighting, then Bibendum’s Annual Tasting was not for you. At the...
View ArticleSchloss Gobelsburg: philosophical investigations on the pleasures of Gruner...
“Then I brought up this question: When you say, Men do desire pleasure, what is this use of “pleasure?” Is it contrasted with pain? Pain is localized, for instance. He went on with one of the nicest...
View ArticleThe World Upside Down
Victorian Allsorts Tasting, Wine Australia at 2011 London International Wine Fair hosted by Steve Webber and Kate McIntyre MW, 17 May 2011 The Victorian wines shown today want to break free from the...
View ArticleField Morris & Verdin Portfolio 2011 tasting: Live
Live updates in 140 characters from FMV Grand Portfolio tasting, 14 June 2011: So many of my favourite wines here at don’t know where to start. Ah the velvety Meursaults by Javillier… I am going to...
View ArticleWhich Airline has the Best Economy Class Wine? The Results.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge_x1U2rYBo Once upon a time, glamour ruled the air. Now in the highly competitive days of budget travel, having a drink on board is more about trying to remain as...
View ArticleTar and Roses
Last week I met with two giants in Barolo in the space of a few days: Elio Altare and Maria-Teresa Mascarello. Their espressione of Nebbiolo are as starkly different as tar and rose. Tar and rose are...
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