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  1. Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #14. Olly Smith
    Posted On: June 20th, 2018

    Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #14. Olly Smith

    1. Are you foremost a journalist or presenter or both? Excellent question, no idea. I love writing my weekly column in The Mail on Sunday, appearing most weekends on BBC1 for Saturday Kitchen, hosting my shows on BBC Radio 2, presenting my podcast A Glass With, serving passengers in my four Glass House wine bars […]
  2. Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #13. Joanna Simon
    Posted On: May 17th, 2018

    Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #13. Joanna Simon

    1. What drew you to a career in wine journalism and what was your first 'break' in wine writing? Originally I went into the wine trade as a graduate management trainee in the wine department of a big hotel group. I was their first and last trainee, which tells you all you need to know […]
  3. Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #12. Joe Fattorini
    Posted On: April 17th, 2018

    Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #12. Joe Fattorini

    1. You started your career in academia. What sparked your interest in wine? I grew bored of dinosaurs. And it happened a long time before I became an academic. I remember being about 10. Everyone else was into diplodocuses or football or trains. I just found wine more interesting. Where it came from, and how […]
  4. Black Ink
    Posted On: February 15th, 2018

    Black Ink

    In the teeth of a British winter I like nothing more than to lose myself in some 'European Noir' drifting off to continental climes and landscapes as the rain lashes against the window. One of my favourite authors is 'Manuel Vázquez Montalbán' whose main protagonist 'Pepe Carvalho' is a gastronome and oenophile as well as […]
  5. Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #11. Remi Cousin - Head Sommelier at Le Gavroche
    Posted On: January 26th, 2018

    Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #11. Remi Cousin - Head Sommelier at Le Gavroche

    1. As a proud Frenchman does your palate lean towards your homeland or do you have a more global outlook? I like all good wines it doesn't matter where they come from. I do like wines from Italy, Spain and, very much, Australia... 2. Did you have a formative tasting experience when a certain wine […]
  6. Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #10. Tim Atkin
    Posted On: November 30th, 2017

    Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #10. Tim Atkin

    1. What was your first comission as a wine writer? I got a job as an editorial assistant on Wine & Spirit magazine in 1985, but I'm not sure what I wrote about first. I have a vague memory that it was an overview of the cream liqueur market. The first piece I remember enjoying […]
  7. Grave Dodgers
    Posted On: October 10th, 2017

    Grave Dodgers

    As a keen oenophile I like nothing more than stashing bottles away with the thought of revisiting them at some, as yet undecided, future date. While many wines will age gracefully and actively improve with bottle age some, inevitably, outstay their welcome and slumber on well beyond their 'best before' date. Here are ten wines […]
  8. Ten Quick Questions for Glen Baxter
    Posted On: September 18th, 2017

    Ten Quick Questions for Glen Baxter

    1. What was the first wine that really captured your attention and where were you at the time? The first wine that really captured my attention was Picpoul de Pinet many years ago when it was little known outside of Sète the great seafood port of Languedoc. I had an exhibition there and everyone was […]
  9. Ten Below Twelve
    Posted On: August 18th, 2017

    Ten Below Twelve

    In the teeth of a British Winter nobody enjoys a chest-thumping red wine more than I do. Rich, spicy Rhônes and Mediterranean blends make a marvellous accompaniment (and addition) to slow-cooked stews and daubes and they reflect the warmth of their origins. In the Summertime, by contrast, one yearns for fresher, lighter wines from cooler […]
  10. Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #9. Matthew Jukes
    Posted On: July 26th, 2017

    Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #9. Matthew Jukes

    1. You've been advising people about wine and writing about wine for a long time now. How did you first get drawn in to it? My mother taught at Leith's Cookery School in the 80s and she introduced wine into the cookery courses. I attended a class one evening after Uni (I was reading Physics […]

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