A couple of weeks ago British Pathé released 85 000 of their archive films onto YouTube. So I did some digging around and came up with some more old Pathé…
Feedback on my post on critics and style preferences
My recent post on whether or not wine critics can judge wines without their personal style preferences coming into play got quite a bit of reaction, both in the comments…
Wine and emotions
Yesterday I watched a film. It wasn’t a very good film, but it made me cry. As a bloke, this is hugely embarrassing. But there was something about the film…
Judging the International Wine Challenge
So we are four days into judging the International Wine Challenge. Now, as a panel chair, contracted for all 10 days of judging, I am biased, but I think it’s…
Should critics allow personal style preferences to influence their work?
Should wine critics allow personal stylistic preferences affect their judgments on wine? I recently had a discussion on twitter with a respected US wine critic from a major publication, who…
Recently on wineanorak.com
For those who just look at this blog, here are some of the longer articles that I have posted on the main wineanorak site: Weinbach: an amazing tasting at this…
On the telly, exposing supermarket illusory price promotions
So on Friday, while I was still in Cape Town, the episode of Rip Off Britain that I took part in aired. If you have access to the BBC iPlayer,…
Henry Jeffreys on wine book publishing (guest post)
I rarely permit guest posts, but here’s one from Henry Jeffreys, because he asked nicely, and I like his writing. It’s about wine book publishing and how it has changed…
Generalists versus specialists
For those of us making a living writing about wine, there’s a choice we have to make. Do we position ourselves as experts or generalists? Do we specialize in just…