Category: Wine Blog

who’s the best, Robert Parker or Jancis Robinson? We make no secret of the fact that we love our wine critics here at 12×75.com… but our regular followers will know...

Is there a grape variety that is a good name for a child?   I think the main reason Mrs 12×75 says I shouldn’t be allowed to name a baby...

It has been estimated that the price movement on the 2009 vintage, in the 24 hours following the release of RP’s record scores, sits at around the $100m mark.  Not...

If you are a regular on Twitter you might have spotted some of the six word movie reviews that have been trending.  My personal favourite “Bridesmaids – sets feminism back...

I first read this story minutes ago – and given that it’s 1am, I really can’t be bothered to artfully craft the words to simply say that Rudy Kurniawan has...

Benjamin many thanks for taking the time to talk to us here @12×75 and congratulations on the success of The Billionaire’s Vinegar. How did you first hear of the events that...

2006 was a modest year for the wine industry. An uncertain year in Bordeaux was accompanied by the same gripes that re-surface every year about pricing and Parkerisation, and wondering...

Here at 12×75.com we like to ponder wine dilemmas of epic, and in this case, Biblical, proportions.  In the days of the new testament, there wouldn’t have been a great...