Back in the news again – I can’t believe it’s not Petrus Back in the news again – the topic that won’t go away Multiple publications have reported this week on billionaire wine collector Bill Koch losing his bid to reinstate a... Categories Wine Blog
Happy (belated) Grenache day! Happy (belated) Grenache day! If you are a follower of the wine press you cannot have failed to notice that Grenache has been the grape on everyone’s lips and... Categories Wine Blog
How To Taste Wine Like the Pros How to Taste Wine Like the Pros Written by Melanie Reeve @VinopolisMel Out with friends in a bar last Friday evening, I decided to order a glass of Rioja.... Categories Wine Blog
Join me on the 12×75 diet! Join me on the 12×75 diet! Diets really bore me and I love food, so sweating it out at the gym is really the only option I have for... Categories Wine Blog
Claret Jam. It’s the future. I’ve seen it. Claret Jam. It’s the future. I’ve seen it. As the blackberries have recently come out in our village, I was looking on the internet earlier for a recipe to... Categories Wine Blog
LIFESTYLE WINE CLUBS What does your wine club say about you? by Geordie Clarke / Contributing Editor Fancy drinking a bottle of wine from the “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” case or how about... Categories Wine Blog
Innovations in the wine trade and the modern Luddite movement Innovations in the wine trade and the modern Luddite movement Decanter.com’s poll this month asks whether we would buy sparkling wines sealed with a screwcap rather than a cork, following... Categories Wine Blog
Would you drink wine from a carton? Or a bag? (NO PULP) Would you drink wine from a carton? Or a bag? (NO PULP) Decanter reports that wine is going to be packed in cartons in the UK for the first... Categories Wine Blog
Competitive Claret drinking Competitive Claret drinking I know I’m not alone in saying that the Olympic Games made me feel very proud to be British. They also inspired me to buy a... Categories Wine Blog
Scandals scandals everywhere Scandals scandals everywhere By Geordie Clarke / Contributing Editor In vino veritas (in wine [there is] truth), the old saying goes, but it seems this year we’re finding this... Categories Wine Blog
Is wine tasting subjective? Is wine tasting subjective? Having devoted an awful lot of my adult life to wine tasting, I am regularly jealous of people who seem to have a really natural... Categories Wine Blog
Who wants to buy a vineyard? Who wants to buy a vineyard? A celebrity has stolen the headlines this week in the drinks trade with Decanter, The Drinks Business and various others all reporting on... Categories Wine Blog
