Through my education, I was taught that microbes were bad. We used soap and antiseptic to get rid of them. Chemicals kept us safe from these unwanted, unseen bugs. Bacteria…
Supermarkets, convergence and market disruption
I have a couple of related questions. First, people love shopping in supermarkets. Why? Trust – a supermarket brand is trusted by shoppers. They supermarket name is big enough and…
A day at Wimbledon with some vintage Champagne
Had a cracking day at Wimbledon today, watching tennis with some good wine trade buddies. It was courtesy of Champagne house Lanson. We had centre court tickets, and watched three…
France needs to get behind its wine industry
What is it with French politicians? Are they nuts? I’m referring to the way that they seem to be hell bent on damaging one of the things the French do…
Four random reds, tasted blind
Another spot of blind tasting. Always a good way to learn. These four were selected at random from a large stash of wines I have lying around: there are enough…
More on supermarket fake half price wine deals
Good to see supermarket fake half price deals coming in for some stick in the national press. The Telegraph have an article about it, titled Beware supermarket wine bargains. Most…
Differences in taste and smell, and their effect on wine tasting
We’re all different. So it’s not surprising that we should have different tastes. Still, I’m fascinated by differences in flavour perception and appreciation. The really interesting question is how different…
The privileged place of wine
Of all alcoholic drinks, wine occupies a privileged place. I guess this links in with my post a few days ago, titled ‘what is wine?‘ Wine has a long history…
Object types and the identity of wine
How do we organize and understand the world around us? We do it through classifying objects, which we assign properties to. And then we understand our environment through these objects….