I’ve always loved German wine, even before Jancis Robinson started her ‘Riesling is great’ crusade.  I’ve tried hard to make others love it over the years too, but working in retail, German wine doesn’t exactly do itself any favours.  Between the hard-to-read labels and complete absence of any information as to what the wine might … Read more →

By Geordie Clarke / Contributing Editor Once in a while I come across an idea so monumentally ridiculous it actually makes me worry it will cause more harm than good. When a new paper on wine investment from the International Review of Financial Analysis landed on my desk suggesting the use of derivatives as an investment … Read more →

One man – so many possibilities… what if Robert Parker replaced Judge Judy? We love Robert Parker.  But sometimes it seems like he isn’t in the spotlight enough – sure, he tweets some great stuff, and once a year the old ‘Parkerisation’ debate rears its head (yawn), but for much of the time, he seems … Read more →

By Geordie Clarke / Contributing Editor We wine geeks like wine books. When we aren’t drinking wine or talking about wine, chances are we’re reading about wine. All that reading means we burn through books, magazines and blogs rather quickly, in much the same way we burn through bottles of wine themselves. It doesn’t matter … Read more →

Below is the May edition to ‘The List’ of Most Popular UK Wine Merchants according to their Twitter Followers :   1 @TheWineSociety 15,810 ▲5.40 2 @BibendumWine 9,448 ▲4.05 3 @BerryBrosRudd 7,420 ▲4.30 4 @Laithwaites 4,351 ▲3.50 5 @BordeauxIndex 3,193 ▲4.45 6 @FarrVintners 2,543 ▲3.84 7 @SlurpWine 2,462 ▲4.54 8 @Tannerswine 2,299 ▲4.23 9 @Corneyandbarrow … Read more →

A guest post by France resident and wine enthusiast Andrea Kirkby of London Hotels Insight mulling over the future of wine, particularly as it impacts London hotels… The world of wine has changed dramatically since 20 years ago. No longer is France the dominant player, with other wines mainly sweet and sticky, low-quality stuff called … Read more →

By Geordie Clarke   You can’t be a wine geek and not know the story of Rudy Kurniawan and his indictment for mail and wire fraud related to suspected wine forgeries.   Detailed reports of his activities have been published in New York Magazine, the Daily Mail as well as here on 12×75.com.   So … Read more →

Having realised earlier that our blog is now almost a year old, I was contemplating how we should celebrate, when I remembered a brilliant piece by Simon Woods from his ‘Drinking Outside the Box’ blog where he reflected on the 20 lessons he had learned in 20 years as a wine writer.  I won’t try … Read more →