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Category Archives: Wine Writing
Nuevo Argentina – The Maverick Michelini Brothers
The following article was contributed by Dave Stenton. Dave is the other half of the partnership behind the Oddities lunches at Rochelle Canteen, which regular readers will see written up on this Blog. He also organises regular wine dinners, such as … Continue reading
Posted in Argentina, Wine, Wine Travel, Wine Writing
Tagged Argentine Wine, Argentinian Wine, Chubut Patagonia, Dave Stenton, Gabriel Michelini, Gaultallary, Gerardo Michelini, Juan Pablo Michelini, Los Chacayes, Matias Michelini, Mendoza, Michelini Brothers, Passionate Wine, SuperUco, Tunuyan, Uco Valley, Zorzal Wine
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Sweaty Gym Shoes on Hot Tarmac
The Tasting Note as a form of wine critique is not new. It was around long before Michael Broadbent first published his detailed observations. He reputedly has over 90,000 of them in his famous notebooks. But Broadbent certainly established this concise … Continue reading
Posted in Wine, Wine Writing
Tagged Future of Wine Writing, Tasting Note, Tasting Terms, Wine Blog, Wine Tasting, Wine writing
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Video Killed the Radio Star
The New Year is a good time to reflect, a good time for manifestos too. At the back end of 2015 there seemed to be a lot of talk on two topics. First, we saw some negativity towards wine bloggers … Continue reading
Posted in Wine, Wine Writing
Tagged Wine Blogging, Wine Blogs, Wine Consumers, Wine on Social Media, Wine on the Internet, Wine writing
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Exploring & Tasting Wine – Berry Bros’ Beginners’ Bible
I’m sometimes asked to write about wine for beginners, but where to start? My answer is that it needs a book. There are many of those, of course. I often find one thing or another I don’t like about them, … Continue reading
A Bit of a Theise
Terry Theise’s book Reading Between the Wines (UCP, 2010) had been floating just above my radar for a long while. It was the recommendation of Heidi Schrœck about a month ago which acted as a catalyst to make me read it, … Continue reading
The Doors of Perception or a Stairway to Heaven?
Charles Taylor (World of Fine Wine 47) writes a fine article on contemplation and fine wine. The article, though wide in compass, addresses the contemplation of ideas. I don’t have the background in philosophy to comment on Professor Taylor’s article, … Continue reading
The Silence of the (Wine-Dark) Sea?
This odd, if not enigmatic, title channels Vercors’ wartime novel of resistance through Homer and Patrick O’Brian’s sixteenth Aubrey-Maturin novel, and I suppose in a round about, and obtuse, way it sums up the silence of this blog for the … Continue reading
Old Man (Take a Look at my Life)
A vigorous discussion in another place a couple of weeks ago asked whether a former well known advocate for a particular wine region was keeping on top of all the new things happening there. I don’t wish to bring that … Continue reading
Posted in Wine, Wine Books, Wine Writing
Tagged Anne Krebiehl, Decanter magazine, Hugh Johnson, Jamie Goode, Jasper Morris, Jim Budd, New wine writing, Wine Blogging, Wine Blogs, Wine on line versus print, Wine on Twitter, wine revolution, Wine writing, Wine writing - the old school, Wink Lorch, World of Fine Wine
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 