Category: Wine Blog

Should we be worried about a global wine shortage? My first reaction to the news of the global wine shortage was to feel ever so slightly offended that so many...

Disgraced wine collector and alleged fraudster Rudy Kurniawan is now on trial, but the wackiness began before he even stepped in court on Monday, 9 December. During a pre-trial hearing...

As you know, this isn’t a wine review site, but coming up to Christmas it seemed appropriate to say a few words about a bottle that our readers actually might...

By Will Evered – BWI Private Client Advisor I don’t think many would disagree that the wine trade largely revolves around London. We have any number of excellent restaurants, wine...

Preparation for winter in my household is pretty much non-existent, although we usually try to live without the central heating until the end of October to save a bit of...

Some years ago, I had a very mixed experience working as a sommelier.  I say mixed because I was in the job for less than six months, I had blagged...

Inspired by a Bernard Beaudry Chinon For more Wine Art, visit my website at http://theillustratedwine.wordpress.com/

By Geordie Clarke / Contributing Editor   Ever planned a dinner party with a few dozen of your closest friends and lamented the fact you didn’t have a Balthazar of...

The 12×75 team are very excited to introduce Zelda Sydney as a new contributor to the site. Zelda is a professional writer by trade, hower she is an incredible  animator...