There was a comment on twitter this week suggesting that the lack of negative reviews by wine writers (in contrast to restaurant reviewers, for example) is because we’re afraid to…
The Coravin in action, a video
Today I caught up with my buddy Daniel Primack of www.aroundwine.co.uk at a tasting. Rather excitingly, he had with him a Coravin. The Coravin isn’t yet available in the UK…
Scoring wines: peer group or absolute?
There’s an interesting discussion on Twitter, concerning the scoring of wines. It was prompted by a Decanter blog by the usually brilliant Andrew Jefford here. Jefford starts off on fire:…
Skin contact whites, the next big thing
I am really enjoying skin contact whites at the moment. These are white wines that are made like red wines, with the skins present during the fermentation, rather than pressing…
Privacy in the internet age
Occasionally I allow myself the luxury of a non-wine-related post. This is one such occasion. I have been thinking about the issue of privacy recently. Basically, I don’t have any,…
Learning to run
On Saturday I will be embarking on one of the biggest physical challenges I have ever faced: running 42 km in Bordeaux. I have never been a runner. Although I…
Are smartphones bad for our souls?
I have been a smartphone user for three years. I started off with an HTC Desire, because all my techy friends said that Android was the way to go, and…
Segmenting the wine market helps us to see more clearly
On this blog, one of my recurring themes is market segmentation. [Aside: I probably have lots of recurring themes. In fact, I probably repeat myself incessantly. Sorry.] We can’t really…
Seven tips I wish I’d been given when I started out as a wine communicator
It seems a while since I started out communicating about wine. I was lucky: when I began writing on the Internet there wasn’t a lot of competition. Now there’s so…