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  1. Soixante Sept
    Posted On: July 6th, 2017

    Soixante Sept

    Twenty years ago I celebrated by thirtieth birthday with my friends the wine journalist Matthew Jukes and restaurateur Clive Greenhalgh who share my inglorious birth year. We dined at Leith's in Notting Hill Gate and had a wonderful time although some of our wine selections from the challenging 1967 vintage were already past their best. […]
  2. Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #8. Fiona Beckett
    Posted On: June 15th, 2017

    Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #8. Fiona Beckett

    1. What was the first wine that really piqued your interest and inspired you to find out more about it? Oddly it wasn't anything grand. It was a muscadel from a small wine shop to which a much older friend had introduced me. I thought it was madly sophisticated. 2. You have a keen interest […]
  3. Joyeux Anniversaire
    Posted On: June 7th, 2017

    Joyeux Anniversaire

    I celebrated my fiftieth birthday last weekend and, as someone who spends much of their time advising other people what they should be drinking, I thought it only fair share the details of what I selected for myself.     As a rule I prefer small gatherings to large ones and so I booked the […]
  4. The Plagiarist's Cassoulet
    Posted On: May 26th, 2017

    The Plagiarist's Cassoulet

    Take a stroll through historic Mere, and you would think that the closest this sleepy town came to Brutalist architecture would be the controversial use of UPVC for a conservatory, or the neighbour-baiting choice of a colour other than sage for a front door. Likewise, the scenic Yapp Brothers HQ in the heart of the […]
  5. Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #7. Jeb Dunnuck
    Posted On: May 11th, 2017

    Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #7. Jeb Dunnuck

    1. You hail from Indiana which isn't well known wine country. What sparked your interest in wine? The wine bug bit me in college when I worked and travelled through Europe. That experience sparked my interest in both wine and French culture. After college, I worked for Lockheed Martin in upstate New York where I […]
  6. Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #6. Alison Flemming MW.
    Posted On: April 20th, 2017

    Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #6. Alison Flemming MW.

    1. Did you ever have a wine epiphany when you tasted something that completely changed your critical horizons? Having had a pretty good innings so far, of which well over half has been in the wine trade, there have been a few. Probably one of the most insightful was a twenty-five year old Weisser Burgunder […]
  7. Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #5. Christelle Guibert
    Posted On: February 22nd, 2017

    Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #5. Christelle Guibert

    1. What was the first wine that really stopped you in your tracks and made you realise you'd experienced something out of the ordinary? Two wines. 1961 Haut Brion when I first moved to England in 1994 and an old Muscadet. I could never have imagined how gracefully a Muscadet could age. 2. Is there […]
  8. Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #4. Jancis Robinson
    Posted On: February 9th, 2017

    Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #4. Jancis Robinson

    1. Did you ever have a formative wine tasting moment when clouds parted and you suddenly appreciated something with crystal clarity? My first ever, of Ontario wines in 1976, when everyone seemed to be contradicting each other which made me realise there are no rights and no wrongs in wine appreciation. 2. What is the […]
  9. Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #3. Jonathan Ray
    Posted On: January 19th, 2017

    Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #3. Jonathan Ray

    1. Can you tell us what your first wine revelation was? That life always looks rosier with a decent glass of wine at hand and the promise of more in the bottle. 2. You're an infamous observer of 'Dry January'. What wine do you miss most in abstinence? A crisp, clean, zesty, aromatic, refreshing, slightly […]
  10. Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #2. Jane Parkinson
    Posted On: December 28th, 2016

    Ten Quick Questions for a Wine Aficionado: #2. Jane Parkinson

    1. Have you ever had a wine epiphany? I think I've probably had several! The very first one happened when doing research for my final university year's thesis (on the Burgundy wine economy) and towards the end of the 6 months I spent there, not only did I realise how serious wine was, but Burgundy […]

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