Interview with Henri Lurton : Owner of Chateau Brane-Cantenac The first question I want to ask you is, what was it like growing up here at Chateau Brane-Cantenac? I loved growing up here. I went to school in Bordeaux... Categories Wine Blog
Interview with Paula & Stacey Golding / Owners of Premier Cru Fine Wine Investments (Europe’s 1st Wine Investment House) Paula and Stacey, many thanks for taking the time to talk to us here at 12×75.com You are the formidable mother-daughter team that owns and operates Premier Cru Fine Wine... Categories Wine Blog
Piss Off Parker Just the other day I get a call from a wine trader buddy of mine. He was telling me about a recent auction that he had attended, and this one... Categories Wine Blog
Reviewing The #7wordwinereview Those of you who follow us regularly might have read our previous blog introducing our new favourite thing, the #7wordwinereview on Twitter. The purpose of the #7wordwinereview was to provide... Categories Wine Blog
Parker or Jancis – who’s the best? who’s the best, Robert Parker or Jancis Robinson? We make no secret of the fact that we love our wine critics here at 12×75.com… but our regular followers will know... Categories Wine Blog
Is there a grape variety that is a good name for a child? Is there a grape variety that is a good name for a child? I think the main reason Mrs 12×75 says I shouldn’t be allowed to name a baby... Categories Wine Blog
2009 V 1982 : Guest Post from Vin-X It has been estimated that the price movement on the 2009 vintage, in the 24 hours following the release of RP’s record scores, sits at around the $100m mark. Not... Categories Wine Blog
Replace Parker, Robinson, Suckling and many more with #7wordwinereview If you are a regular on Twitter you might have spotted some of the six word movie reviews that have been trending. My personal favourite “Bridesmaids – sets feminism back... Categories Wine Blog
Rudy Kurniawan has been Arrested I first read this story minutes ago – and given that it’s 1am, I really can’t be bothered to artfully craft the words to simply say that Rudy Kurniawan has... Categories Wine Blog
An interview with Benjamin Wallace: Journalist and Author of The Billionaire’s Vinegar Benjamin many thanks for taking the time to talk to us here @12×75 and congratulations on the success of The Billionaire’s Vinegar. How did you first hear of the events that... Categories Wine Blog
Why we love Gary Vaynerchuk 2006 was a modest year for the wine industry. An uncertain year in Bordeaux was accompanied by the same gripes that re-surface every year about pricing and Parkerisation, and wondering... Categories Wine Blog
What wine would Jesus have turned the water into? Here at 12×75.com we like to ponder wine dilemmas of epic, and in this case, Biblical, proportions. In the days of the new testament, there wouldn’t have been a great... Categories Wine Blog