Category: Wine Blog

What would we drink if the world ran out of wine?   Vim / Editor I was reading this article in the Telegraph earlier about how the world is facing...

Wine and art   I was intrigued to read on Decanter.com  that Jeff Koons has designed the label for the 2010 vintage of Chateau Mouton Rothschild.  Joining the likes of...

Who should be the new face of Beaujolais Nouveau?       Tennis champ Roger Federer has recently been announced as the new face of Moët & Chandon Champagne.  Few...

Book review: Wining and Dining – The Sediment Guide to Wine and the Dinner-Party Geordie Clarke / Contributing Editor   I always knew I never really liked dinner parties. I...

Virtual wine and the festive pit of despair     Every year as Christmas comes closer I start to feel little pangs of sadness.  I love the holidays and by...

DATING ONLINE Trendy, fashionable, attractive, stunning… finding your ideal wine match Like an increasing number of busy professionals (yes, I know, I heard it too) I met my husband on...

Age-appropriate wines   I stopped off to buy some bits for dinner at the Co-Op last night and grabbed a bottle of wine while I was there – mostly to...

Not everything in black and white makes sense…   While perusing some wine articles on The Telegraph’s website, I couldn’t help becoming distracted by a link that said ‘Eat Badgers,...

Do your tastes in life reflect your tastes in wine?   Most things that attain mainstream popularity tend to be wasted on me.  It’s not a deliberate thing, but I...

Two mortal sins in wine branding By Geordie Clarke / Contributing Editor A recent decision by New Zealand’s intellectual property office to strike down Chateau Mouton-Rotchshild’s complaint that the wine...

Wine tastings vs beer festivals     As a self-confessed country bumpkin I live out in the sticks and unfortunately I do not spend that much time at wine tastings...

What can the wine industry learn from Ryanair?   I’ve just got back from a day in Milan to celebrate a dear friend’s birthday.  Like most people who are not...