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I’ve had a really bad run with corks over the past month. It began during a series of tastings for […]

Playing around with a table-full of samples and a measuring cylinder is one of my most enjoyable activities at Cloof.

I suppose I could be accused of having become over-sensitive to certain types of criticism of Cloof wines. One of

Last week I hosted a UK-based customer, who told me how Cloof Cellar Blend had helped him out of a

Don’t Try This At Home is a book of top chefs’ kitchen disasters. Heston Blumenthal, Ferran Adria, Jamie Oliver, Anthony

On a recent Phineas Fogg-type itinerary (6 cities in 10 days) I had occasion to visit Ireland for the first

Wine shopping has become a hazardous experience, especially when undertaken at peak times. On Saturday morning I went browsing for

During Vinexpo 2003 I was invited to a wine tasting at a cru bourgeois chateau in Haut-Medoc. I very much

One of the most enjoyable aspects of my involvement at Cloof is that I experience the finished wines at every

With all the international sport on at the moment it’s worth re-visiting the old issue of which team to support.