Category: Wine Blog

Towards the end of December I was looking for topics to write about in the new year.  Most often I look at articles in the wine press and mock them...

If we are to believe that the Far East’s love affair with First Growths has, at least for now, come to an end, then we can understand the speculation of...

Every year the wine world holds its breath, waiting to hear what Robert Parker will say about Bordeaux.  But it’s not just Parker whose opinion often dictates what we buy,...

If you work or invest in the wine business then you will have at least asked yourself on more than one occasion: “What will happen when Robert Parker retires?” Good...

So it’s about 3am and I’ve just finished dinner and at least half a bottle of wine. Having spent the last five minutes quickly flashing though this month’s edition of...

Twitter has always been a very popular platform to communicate on, and it seems that more and more businesses have taken up tweeting. We’ve compiled a list below of the...

Dear All, It deeply saddens me to tell you that Simon Berry, Chairman of Berry Bros & Rudd has gone missing! Simon Berry is the Chairman of the oldest &...

When talking about Robert Parker, the one part of his body that gets the most attention is his nose. His nose is insured for a million dollars and has, as...

Buying wine from less than perfect vintages ‘Back to reality’ reported Decanter back in September, as winemakers reflected on the 2011 Bordeaux vintage with a sense of relief that the...

(This interview was taken in December 2011, and is being published now for the very first time) James, many thanks for taking the time to talk with us here at...

Harpers, the wine industry publication, has recently launched a campaign to get the wine trade to engage more with their consumers.  The trade has undergone criticism for using complicated language...

On 15th December, Harpers reported that studies showed that more than half of sparkling wine drinkers in England had tried an English sparkling wine at least once.  This is certainly...