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An introduction to a series of short articles   The phrase “demotic rag” entered my head the other morning. I wasn’t fully aware. Caffeine has yet to trigger consciousness. Don’t…

More random thoughts about wine This is, of course, a subject for a longer blog. A group of Cavistes were discussing the future of natural wine, and how our customers…

French savoir-faire in Marlborough When Jean-Marie and the late Rémi Bourgeois inherited the Henri Bourgeois estate, the brothers were inspired to explore the possibilities offered by international wine regions. Their…

By guest blogger Laura Milnes A few years ago, my brother-in-law became an orthodox Christian. Overnight, he was foisting prayer at every family meal and proselytizing why "his God is the…

  I have been in more than one cab (but not at the same time), and when asked what I did for a living, explained truthfully that I was involved…

  Statement: Whereas the vast majority of wines that are sold are technically correct as far as a faults-analysis panel might determine, they are also pretty boring to drink. With…

“ELEVATE!” One of the seminal moments in Dr Who history occurred in the imaginatively-titled 2005 episode Dalek when (spoiler alert!) the metallic pepper pot with the loo-plunger extension faced its greatest…

Amber in the pink of condition The beautiful thing about orange wines is that they have pushed the dial in different directions, both forward and back; They show us that…

We will bring vintage reports as and when producers find time to give us their perspectives. Suffice to say, that it is a mixed picture with some unique difficulties. In…