Category: Wine Blog

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...

Unsung heroes 2 – the white grapes     Recently we looked at some of the lesser-known red grapes that are worth looking out for.  Today I want to tell...

Unsung grape heroes     I’ve got so used to friends telling me they only drink Sauvignon Blanc or Aussie Shiraz now, that I am always pleasantly surprised when someone...

INTERVIEW with Adam Brett-Smith / M.D. of Corney & Barrow     VIM: You have a huge passion for motorcycles and your first job after graduating from Oxford was as...