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Foster's - new name, new focus? (Free for all)
Tue, 07/20/2010 - 20:00You may have noticed that I am not the biggest admirer of what Australian brewers Foster's have managed to achieve in the wine business. (For example, somehow bring about the virtual disappearance of the once incredibly strong brands Lindemans Bin 65 and James Herrick Chardonnay - and almost.
Choosing a Chinese name (Inside information)
Tue, 07/20/2010 - 20:00The picture shows one of many eye-opening labels recorded in Nick Bartman's recent series on Chinese fakery . Not that Cher's article below is about fakes, but it does show how important names and imagery are in the Chinese market - JR When I first wrote about wine in Chinese some five years ago,.
Contacting members via our forum (Inside information)
Tue, 07/20/2010 - 20:00Our recent members' survey elicited various comments about the Members' forum, including the option of sending and receiving personal email messages (PMs). It's one of those things that you may not have come across so here is a brief guide. Incidentally, the Forum FAQs cover this and other aspects.
Terlano, Quarz Sauvignon 2007 Alto Adige (Wines of the week)
Mon, 07/19/2010 - 20:00From €22.86, 39.90 Swiss francs, $44.31 ($16.99 and €15.50 for the Isola e Olena) Find the Quarz Find the Isola e Olena Victoria Daskal wrote a very enthusiastic note about this wine when she tasted it back in Feburary 2009. She scored it 17+, the plus sign denoting the fact that she was sure.
Mark Haisma burgundies (Inside information)
Mon, 07/19/2010 - 20:00We are always being told that Burgundy has the most expensive vineyard land in the world (with the possible exception of some of the more hallowed clos in Champagne that LVMH get their hands on and market mercilessly). If this is true, it is remarkable how many outsiders are impelled to invest in.
MW Symposium Bordeaux - the wines (Tasting articles)
Sun, 07/18/2010 - 20:00The following is a collection of tasting notes taken at the Masters of Wine Symposium in Bordeaux last month (see MW Symposium Bordeaux - a guide ). Most but by no means all of the wines served with meals were bordeaux and many of the notes were taken on my blackberry between conversations so are.
2009 - the year of Beaujolais (Free for all)
Fri, 07/16/2010 - 20:00See our tasting notes on 130 Beaujolais 2009s Beaujolais has had a pretty ignominious fall from grace and popularity since the Beaujolais Nouveau hoop-la of the 1980s. (What was the point of that race to get the first bottle of two-month-old wine to London again?) Even a wine lover as keen as me.
How to cope in a recession (Nick on restaurants)
Fri, 07/16/2010 - 20:00Tim Hart recently sent out a card to mark the 30th anniversary of his purchase of Hambleton Hall , his country house hotel in Rutland. He bought it in 1980 for £110,000 with his wife Stefa when he decided to turn his back on his career in merchant banking. The dozen small photos on the card show.
Notes from a Friday lunch (Tasting articles)
Thu, 07/15/2010 - 20:00A couple of months ago in Singapore, I was treated to one of those lazy lunches that I seem to encounter only when far from London by local wine authority Curtis Marsh of The Wandering Palate . He had assembled several of the city's most prominent wine enthusiasts and commentators (left to right.
What people say about this site (Free for all)
Thu, 07/15/2010 - 20:00See also What the media say about JancisRobinson.com WHAT PURPLE PAGERS SAY We are very fortunate in having such an incredibly loyal, articulate, appreciative group of members of Purple pages. These are some of their comments from a members' survey in May 2010. We have left them in the order in.
Wine and social media (Free for all)
Thu, 07/15/2010 - 20:00UK market researchers Wine Intelligence recently issued this report from Nicola Spitzer on the influence of social media in the UK and have found that, for all the attention the concept is attracting, it doesn't (yet?) have much effect on British wine drinkers who are still far more likely to be.
Oxygen and wine - the latest (Free for all)
Wed, 07/14/2010 - 20:00Oxygen and its impact on wine is a hot topic at the moment, fuelling fervent activity around the world to discover more about how oxygen can be managed through every stage of a wine’s life. To this end, the O2inWines association has been formed by some of the larger companies with a vested.
Suckling's last stand (Don't quote me)
Wed, 07/14/2010 - 20:0016 Jul - See these comments on Forbes.com from a Wine Spectator ex-staff member. Later that same day from J Suckling himself : 'Thank you for the best wishes! It was fun, but after close to 30 years, I thought it was time to go out on my own and do some other projects in the wonderful world.
English wine in the Dragons' Den (Free for all)
Tue, 07/13/2010 - 20:0022 Jul - See here for yet more detail. 16 Jul - See here for what happened on the programme. Tonight in the UK sees a new series of the TV investment programme Dragons’ Den with the first episode featuring an appearance of English wine. Geoff Bowen, owner of Pebblebed Vineyards in Devon,.
Bollinger RD back to 1959 (Tasting articles)
Tue, 07/13/2010 - 20:00Later that same day - Now with a description of the menu and an action photo by a photographer more skilful than me. I doubt Tiger Woods will notice, but one person also in St Andrew's celebrating the 150th anniversary of The Open is Jérôme Philipon, managing director of Champagne Bollinger, the.
Dolcetto – Piemonte’s next star? (Inside information)
Tue, 07/13/2010 - 20:00Dolcetto, Piemonte's workhorse grape, has until now provided the region with early-ripening, easy-drinking reds. These characteristics have kept it firmly in the shadow of Nebbiolo, the grape of Barolo and Barbaresco. Dolcetto is universally known as producing deep violet-coloured wines, with.
MW Symposium Bordeaux - a guide (Free for all)
Mon, 07/12/2010 - 20:00I thought it might be useful to publish a guide to our extensive coverage of the recent MW Symposium in Bordeaux. It comprised a succession of really meaty, interesting sessions with some useful insights. Symposium organisers Fiona Morrison MW and Jacques Lurton, MW student, are pictured at the.
Van Volxem Saar Riesling 2008/2009 (Wines of the week)
Mon, 07/12/2010 - 20:00From €9.95, £10, $17.85 Find this wine This sizzling dry white was the first that I tasted at Howard Ripley's inspiring tasting of German's alluring 2009s in London last month and I was blown off my feet by its energy and concentration. I gave it 16.5 out of 20, a very high score for such an.
A glorious wallow in 1950s and Chevals (Tasting articles)
Mon, 07/12/2010 - 20:00I really am very spoilt indeed. Not only does my work necessarily expose me to a constant succession of good and great wines (see, for example, this run of Bollinger RDs ), I have some extremely generous friends who share the contents of their superlative cellars with me. Two of them treated me to.
Diary of an MW student - part 13 (Inside information)
Mon, 07/12/2010 - 20:00I have passed the first year assessment! [Very many congratulations! JR] The end of last week brought the letter recommending that I should proceed to the second year of the MW course. It is really gratifying to know that my hard work has paid off this year, but I would like to share the credit.
