Ah, regionality and wine, eh? Dontcha just love it? There’s a story on Decanter’s web site about how the Aussies are struggling with the problem of having a wine blended from different states. The current SE Australia designation only covers the states in the south and east, and means that […]
Yearly Archives: 2007
Not Kipper Tie, as in what Noddy Holder enjoys as liquid refreshment. No, here, I’m talking about those wines that you hardly ever drink at home, but instantly go for when you see them on a list. I can’t remember ever cooking kippers in my current abode – I’m married […]
Kipper Wines
The line-up:-Robert Joseph – founder of What Wine (which became Wine, Which became Wine International which became Wine & Spirit) and inventor of the International Wine Challenge (he’s also a former boss of mine).Allan Cheesman – ex-Sainsbury’s guru largely responsible for beginning the supermarket wine revolution.Neil Tully – a Master […]
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Better
A Clash song, for those querying the title. Yes, 1977, the year when I made the fateful decision to study O Level Geography – why, oh why? Our teacher, unfortunately a distant relative, would tell us useful things like ‘it rains most in the wet season’. He was one of […]
Knives in West 11
It happened again last night. Was talking to someone after a wine tasting I’d done in conjunction with Taste-In and Spiral Cellars at the Smallbone Kitchens showroom in Harrogate. The wines had gone down pretty well, but afterwards, someone came and said that they hadn’t like the two reds (Henschke’s […]
Smoooooth….
If you’ve not come across Scoff, it’s a food & wine e-newsletter that brings open-source thinking to the food & wine publishing world. So the contributors and the editors just do it for the love of sharing knowledge – makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. The latest edition […]