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After some recent devotion to what one commenter rather nicely called “musing”, I thought it time to turn to facts. Though I’ve always found that...
Cara Dely’s first vintage as head winemaker at Bolney in Sussex was something of a baptism of fire. Actually make that a baptism, full stop,...
Wine scores are everywhere. When you read or when you shop, you will find a score. But have you wondered what the score actually means?...
Wine is not so much about wine as about the drinkers of wine; more: the individual drinker of wine. It’s your tastebuds, your DNA, your...
In the good old days when I started out, the wine trade was incredibly well versed at “switching off” and taking a well-earned break for...
The South African Wine Tasting Championships, founded in 2013, is an annual competition that seeks to reward those tasters best able to identify variety, producer...
A style of wine-tasting note not much discussed when the topic comes up (as it must do occasionally, and has done recently a few time...
The term ‘influencer’ is a trigger word for some people. It comes loaded with meaning, and for many in the wine industry it’s somewhat pejorative....
There was a time when “cheese ‘n wine” was the go-to invitation and setting for lots of launches. Events or announcements, receptions and, well, low-budget...
Have you counted your fungiform papillae recently? You have quite a number of them on your tongue, probably 400-600; rosy, supposedly mushroom-shaped things that each...
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