Although it’s an arbitrary date in the diary, January 1st is a good time to think about fresh starts. We all need a fresh start now and then, and once…
Christmas fun with some nice wines
Christmas greetings dear readers. I am currently in Gerrards Cross at my sister’s place having a big extended family christmas, so I will be brief. Some nice wines so far….
Focus groups for new product development
Big wine brands will typically use focus groups for new product development. In this process they test their new ideas on groups of consumers to check that this is really…
Scotch egg
One of the participants on the recent Ghent beer trip was David Constable, who runs a wonderful blog Forevereggslporing.com. It focuses solely on the scotch egg. Inspired by David, who…
In Ghent
Just on my way back from a beer trip to Ghent. Ghent was beautiful and we had some lovely beers. More later, but for now a few pictures.
It’s puppy’s birthday
I have had a number of complaints from readers about the lack of dog-related content on this blog. So here’s an attempt to redress this imbalance. Puppy, aka FFS (Fat…
What is ‘fine’ wine? Who gets to decide?
One of the questions that really interests me is this: What constitutes a great or ‘fine’ wine? Allied to this is the follow-on question: Who gets to decide that a…
Seth Godin with a useful perspective on media
As a producer of media, I found this post on Seth Godin’s blog a really interesting perspective bringer. He talks about how the abundance of free media has led to…
Eric Asimov is right: there’s plenty of great wine that’s still affordable
Really like Eric Asimov’s recent piece in The New York Times. He argues that while many fine wines are now out of the reach of ordinary wine lovers, there’s still…