The Organised Wine Family The Organised Wine Family With all the speculation about whether the 2011 wines are good value, we’ve been having a think about what it would take to just... Categories Wine Blog
Should we take celebrity wines seriously? Should we take celebrity wines seriously? Geordie Clarke / Contributing Editor What do Mario Andretti, Ernie Els and Raymond Burr have in common? Very little in fact – except for... Categories Wine Blog
INTERVIEW WITH ALINE BALY OF CHATEAU COUTET INTERVIEW WITH ALINE BALY OF CHATEAU COUTET Your father and uncle owned Chateau Coutet, did you ever envisage joining the family business or did you think that your brother... Categories Wine Blog
Do wine writers lack balls? Do wine writers lack balls? I can’t remember what I was perusing for when I stumbled across this article from last year on wine-life.co.uk. Essentially it accuses wine writers, especially... Categories Wine Blog
Lot18 Closing Its UK Operations (OFFICIAL STATEMENT) Lot18 Closing Its UK Operations (OFFICIAL STATEMENT) Lot18 has decided to close its operations in the UK at the end of this week. UK wine lovers who came to us... Categories Wine Blog
The Perfect Breakfast WINE (Contributed by Guest Blogger ‘Bob’) There is not a person reading this who has not had a Champagne breakfast. I will wager that at least half of the people... Categories Wine Blog
The only way is Carbonic Maceration I seem to be missing out on something – everyone I know seems to be talking about ‘The Only Way is Marbs’, a spin off from ITV’s ‘The Only Way... Categories Wine Blog
Eureka! Or, the day I had my first fine wine moment by Geordie Clarke / Contributing Editor Quite often when I meet someone at a work event the first thing they say is, “I hear you’re a real wine buff,” followed... Categories Wine Blog
Wine and music – THE EXPERIMENT….. I use the LinkedIn website quite a lot to network with people – both in my day job in IT and my sideline as a wine blogger. The best way... Categories Wine Blog
Are Wine Scores Helpful? (Guest Blog by Robert Davidson / BWI) Wine scores are now so invaluable to the consumer and merchant alike that they both underpin and are the focus of most... Categories Wine Blog
What’s wrong with just getting Spannered? One of the assumptions that is often made when you tell someone you work in the wine trade is that you spend half your life in a pleasant state... Categories Wine Blog
‘The List’ of Most Popular UK Wine Merchants / June Edition Below is the June edition to ‘The List’ of Most Popular UK Wine Merchants according to the number of Twitter Followers : 1 @TheWineSociety 16,494 ▲4.33% 2 @BibendumWine 9,721... Categories Wine Blog