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Terroir is a French word that describes the sum total of soil, climate and landscape; all of which work together […]

Our experience of wine, by force of practical necessity, is a personal one. The real experience takes place in the

In my book eating is an important way of pursuing pleasure. And, being someone who could never be described as

A couple of years ago I presented an evening of food and wine pairing. Before going any further I should

Wine farms are peculiar things. Apart from their ability to absorb almost infinite quantities of cash, they are probably the

I think that if I were to list my favourite things about my involvement with Cloof, my absolute A-1 activity

I think I could almost be described as a ‘shiraz junkie’. Given the choice of a bunch of unknown wines

A conversation about the business of wine was reputed to have taken place between Robert Mondavi and May-Elaine de Lencquesaing,

In the latter half of 1994 I’d been in the wine trade for a little more than a year, and

Deciding what to buy these days involves the weighing up of a multitude of sometimes competing considerations. The big one,