The Thin Veneer of Civility: Non-Wine Thoughts for 2017
--by Doug Wregg We are puppets, Man in his pride, and Beauty fair in her flower; Do we move ourselves, or are moved by an unseen hand at a game…
--by Doug Wregg We are puppets, Man in his pride, and Beauty fair in her flower; Do we move ourselves, or are moved by an unseen hand at a game…
The perfect wines to crack open this holiday season:BUBBLES Val Frison Lalore Blanc de Blancs, Champagne Because youâre special: Lalore is Val Frisonâs pure Chardonnay from the Aube â its…
Brief remembrance of wine times pastâŚÂ It was the worst of times, it was the best of wines. The biggest ever Real Wine Fair took place in April 2016, 160…
Weâve all had more than enough of 2016, so letâs look forward to next year and celebrate the impending return of the Real Wine Fair in May 2017. This event…
It is truth universally acknowledged but rarely articulated in the trade that a systematic one-size-fits-all % increase is grossly unfair and penalises adventurous drinking. Not only it is counter-intuitive as…
As the crazy people of the UK were voting to row away from our continental cousin, we were scouring their vineyards for more goodies. At least if we are going…
Restaurant Reviews and the curious case of the missing wine: One might imagine that food and wine were mutually inclusive when describing an experience in a restaurant. If you were…
An example of early food and wine matching advice from a wine merchant in (the caves of) Lascaux: Bison with white wine, Mastodon with red wine. --Oberon Kantâs Big Book…
There are wines which are so rare because to make them requires nature to smile on the vineyard and for the vigneron still to feel that the quality of the…
Could the language of wine commerce be any more banal? No, it really couldnât. From âgatekeepersâ through âchannel managementâ to âsegmentationâ and all those other banal buzzwords bombinating in the…