Monthly Archives: January 2009



My thanks to my mate Nadim for passing on this from this month’s British Psychological Society’s monthly research digest: Practising describing wines could help you become a connoisseur “Hmm, it tastes peachy, gutsy, with a pinch of wild berries,” the wine connoisseur says after swirling the Chiraz [sic] round her […]

Not just flowery prose


Anyone who’s been to more than a handful of wine tastings knows that they should be gentle with the eau de cologne and after-shave. But while most adhere to such a rule, they seem to forget that there are other aromas that linger. This came home to me most recently […]

Flagrant, not fragrant