Category: Wine Blog

I promised Mrs 12×75 that when our son was born, I would dedicate as much of my time to him as I could. That of course meant making some sacrifices,...

Rice Wine Flavoured Kit Kats   Japan and all things wine have been in the news quite a bit recently. On February 1st, Japan began selling a new flavour of Kit...

THE BORDEAUX BANDIT New Jersey Prosecutors have dubbed Scott Deluca (25) the “Bordeaux Bandit” on account of being alleged to have stolen many high price bottles. Police officers have spent many months...

In Wine News     Mrs 12 sent me this article the other day about a man who claimed his secret to living till the age of 107 was because...

    I have witnessed two sommeliers engaging in the equivalent of footballers going forehead to forehead after a clumsy challenge. One sommelier favoured a certain wine with a dish,...

When you becomes an enthusiast or lover of something, you bubble over most of the time with an infectious enthusiasm that is normally (enjoyed) by those around you. But often...

I am presented with a leather bound, encyclopaedic volume and the sommelier stands beside me itching to tell me about a hidden gem of a wine secreted within his considerable...