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 Of pointyheads, pulse-quickeners & phoeno-types Compare this, rank that, analyse to the nth degree – the more you reduce wine to numbers the less you understand it. A scientist is…

Terroir, of course, a term used - and occasionally abused - in the wine world, and not just by the French, refers to wines that exhibit the character of the…

--by Christina Pickard Jelena and Fulvio Bressanare some of Friuli's (in the northeast of Italy) finest winemakers. Champions of rare native grape varieties like Pignol, Schioppettino, and Verduzzo Friolano, Bressan's…

If I may rehash my chirpy cockney praise for natural wine fairs: A bit of natural wine, from the organic vine More than good, it’s fine – it’s out of…

-by organiser Doug Wregg The dust has settled, the broken glass swept up, the spittoons dismantled for another year, the lights switched off and aching limbs and slightly sore heads…

What is genius in wine? I think we can apply Schopenhauer’s observation: “Genius is its own reward. It serves no useful purpose; it bears no profit. It is as music,…

--by Christina Pickard This is an article I wrote on natural wines for the Honest Cooking iPad magazine, a consumer publication mainly for foodies. If you have an iPad you can…

A bit of grin and bear it, a bit of come and share it You're welcome, we can spare it - yellow socks Too short to be haughty, too nutty…

The Real Wine Fair will host talks and masterclasses given by wine growers and trade experts during the two days of the fair. There is no advanced booking for the…