Hype, Hype, Hooray
Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence. --John Lahr Just as dementors feed naturally…
Real Wine News
1) Glass ceiling James Suckling has launched an £80 multi-purpose wine glass. As well as holding a modicum of wine, the glass (called The Suckler) will also recite verbatim all…
UnNatural Extremes
When did you last read a positive, celebratory article about natural wine ~ as in a wholesome bevvy that adds colour to our lives and gaiety to nations? At best…
Thoughts on tasting and tasters
Looking at the glass-twitchers, sniffers and slurpers at our recent Loire shindig made me think that tasting is as much about mood as anything. The more generic the tasting the…
Natural Dos & Don’ts…Or how to live in harmony with people who like drinking natural wines
1) Stop caricaturing the arguments. We hear of natural wine movements and pr campaigns, avid proponents and spokespeople. Who are these shadowy people who are influencing our lives? I think we…
Natural Reason
--by Doug Wregg Beware counter-counter culturalism. It disappears with alacrity up its own fundament. Take an argument that doesn’t exist and create a false thesis; use the counter argument to…
Chatting wine with…Arnold Schwarzenegger
So, Arnie, would you please describe the ideal Arnold Schwarzenegger wine? I like my wines to be like my muscles - rippling with power and authority. I like to say…
Variety is the spice of Loire: Notes on our recent tasting
Loire Tasting at Delfina “Run the whole gamut of Gamay from the Auvergne to the Atlantic, tripping the Loire fantastique...” The tasting journey begins in the west of the west…
Zeroing in on zero sulphur
Here’s the science bit... Sulphur ye the little wines and forbid them to be sold otherwise, for of such is the kingdom of homogeneity. And it is easier for a…
A revolutionary wine survey about wine surveys: our trends
A revolutionary wine survey about wine surveys has once again exposed the vast chasm in our knowledge about the drinking habits of Joe and Joanna public and thereby pointed out…