A New Source of Wine Bargains
One of the benefits of being involved in the wine industry, as I was from 1993 until 2009 (with another […]
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Someone had to eat the first mushroom; work out that lemons are sour and oranges sweet. Spare a thought for the inebriated consternation of the first human to drink the fizzy juice of grapes that had fermented spontaneously.
In the process of rushing where angels fear to tread I have made some discoveries that are worth sharing – products and services that offer great value, great experiences, or just generally make life easier.
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Sport in Cyberspace. Champagne in Real Life.
We’ve all had “you had to be there” moments, when we’ve been recounting a humorous experience, which in the retelling
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For the best use of a barcode in a label design, the award goes to…
Awards used to be simple things. Time’s Man of the Year (which one year went to the PC), the Novel
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Putting the Family back into Family Day
Mention the word Joostenberg, and a whole lot of positive associations spring to mind. The first of these relates to
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Gewurztraminer Meets Banana
Often, I think, too much is made of food and wine pairings. Achieving the perfect complement between the flavours of
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Wine & Prejudice
I find South African sauvignon blanc a most interesting case study, on a number of different levels. When I first
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Vintage 2000, Ten Years Later
The world has changed a lot since the charismatic André Simon founded the International Wine & Food Society in 1933.
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The Lynchpin of a Wine Bargain
There are few marketing exercises that have given me as much pleasure as launching Cloof’s Bordeaux-style blend Lynchpin to the
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No Time Like the Present
[row][span4]In a movie restaurant scene that (to wine geeks, at least) could be as famous as Sally’s fake orgasm (When
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Skin Contact
While in Mumbai last week I was a guest at two Bertani wine dinners. Apart from the pleasure of watching