‘The List’ – What qualifies a Wine Merchant So once again we’ve published our list of The Top 10 UK Wine Merchants. Now for those of you who’ve not read our other blogs, we are a comedic Wing... Categories Wine Blog
Top 5 most Popular Wine Critics (according to Twitter) – Feb Edition Last month we published our list of the Top 5 most popular Wine Critics according to the number of Twitter Followers they have. In hoping to make this a monthly... Categories Wine Blog
Top 10 most popular UK Wine Merchants (according to Twitter). ‘The List’ – Feb Edition Last month, in the usual ridiculous spirit of this site, we decided to run with a list – Top 10 Most Popular UK Wine Merchants The list was compiled in... Categories Wine Blog
Is China taking over the wine world? Scanning the headlines this week in the wine press you might think so! Decanter reports that Chinese entrepreneur Jin Shan Zhang has purchased a Chateau in Entre-deux-Mers, Central Bordeaux, where... Categories Wine Blog
AN INTERVIEW WITH MARK BEDINI – Co Founder & Executive Chairman of Fine + Rare AN INTERVIEW WITH MARK BEDINI – Co Founder & Executive Chairman of Fine + Rare Mark, thank you for taking the time to talk to us here at 12×75.com [12×75.com]... Categories Wine Blog
How the Rhone Valley is benefitting from market breadth Liv-ex reported on their 28th January blog that Burgundy is fast becoming the favourite alternative to Bordeaux as the market has broadened. They mention DRC of course, and a few... Categories Wine Blog
The Year of the Dragon Baby The year of the dragon baby and a return to prosperity I loved this blog on Liv-ex – it is the Chinese year of the Dragon in which historically there... Categories Wine Blog
A fun game – “What is Robert Parker doing?” 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... Categories Wine Blog
Fine Wine Boom in India – Will It Happen? 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... Categories Wine Blog
Opening a Wine Bottle without a Corkscrew (part 2) In October last year we found and published our favourite video on youtube on opening a wine bottle without a corkscrew. We’ve decided that we would like this to become... Categories Wine Opener
Do we NEED wine critics? 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,... Categories Wine Blog
Who Benefits from Robert Parker’s Retirement? 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... Categories Wine Blog