One of the questions facing me as someone who primarily functions online, with a heavy reliance on social media, is how much I should mix the personal and professional. I’m…
Video: tasting schist – Torres Salmos Priorat and Tons de Duorum
Two wines with a common connection: schist.
Video trailer: Zev Robinson’s Life on the Douro
I thought it would be worth drawing the attention of readers here to filmmaker Zev Robinson’s trailer for his Life on the Douro film. Looks great:
At the Berry Bros press tasting today
It’s always fun at the Berry Bros & Rudd press tastings, because they show such good wines. Today’s tasting, in the cellars below their shop in St James’ St, was…
Wine trade cricket – we almost beat the kiwis!
Had some fun this afternoon. It was the Wine Trade Cricket XI versus a team from Wellington in New Zealand, Kelburn Cricket Club. We were playing at the lovely Hampton…
The Waitrose press tasting today
Had a nice time at the Waitrose (UK supermarket) press tasting today, held at their cookery school adjoining the Finchley Road branch. I’m always glad to come away with a…
Video: five things that affect the flavour of a wine
In this ‘learn about wine’ video I discuss five things that affect how a particular wine tastes:
Recently on the main wineanorak site
Some recent articles on the main wineanorak site. I’ve got a lot of material in the pipeline. Just need to find the time to write it up! Peccavi: a new…
Wine and the digital conversation
The internet, and more specifically the recent social media revolution, has changed wine writing. A lot, and fast. It’s the wine writing equivalent of the meteor impact 65 million years…