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"The 24-Hour Wine Expert" by Jancis Robinson MW came out over two years ago so one would ask as to why I'd bother reviewing it now? Quite simply that in a time of fake news,... more »
"The 24-Hour Wine Expert" by Jancis Robinson MW came out over two... more »
Carrying on after the success of the first iteration of The Wine Show, the team got back together two years later to produce Season 2 that released to a much larger audience on Channel 5... more »
Carrying on after the success of the first iteration of The Wine... more »
For anyone who follows wine news (and let’s be honest, that’s not a terribly large chunk of humanity) you’ll have seen countless articles about the 40th anniversary of the Judgment of Paris, the seminal wine... more »
For anyone who follows wine news (and let’s be honest, that’s not... more »
I’m often surprised to find North Americans outside of wine circles who haven’t heard of Jancis Robinson as in the UK & Europe (yes, we unfortunately must refer to them as such now) she’s an... more »
I’m often surprised to find North Americans outside of wine circles who... more »
This past Saturday marked the end of the three day event called, the International Cool Climate Wine Symposium 2016. That lengthy title sums up the event very well as it was three intense days focused... more »
This past Saturday marked the end of the three day event called,... more »
If there is one thing more tedious than wine articles, it’s wine articles about other wine articles which is why I try not to do it much here, although I do renege on this from... more »
If there is one thing more tedious than wine articles, it’s wine... more »
There has been a bit of a controversy brewing with the forthcoming Bordeaux en primeur tastings in that the Union des Grands Crus or essentially, the powers that be, have banned blind tasting for any... more »
There has been a bit of a controversy brewing with the forthcoming... more »
So 2015 saw two big firsts for me. I adopted my first dog (the new star of my personal Instagram as well as his own.) The second was that I bought my first copy of... more »
So 2015 saw two big firsts for me. I adopted my first... more »
“Farid, what’s this stick across my seat for?” “Oh that… it’s for the snakes. Unfortunately here in Morocco, they’re all poisonous but since we’re already at 42C this morning, I don’t think there’ll be any... more »
“Farid, what’s this stick across my seat for?” “Oh that… it’s for... more »
For those unfamiliar with supermarkets in Spain, there are few these days that are good and most verge on repugnant (Mercadona.) One of the ones that has historically been the mecca of all bargain dwellers... more »
For those unfamiliar with supermarkets in Spain, there are few these days... more »
