Despite having possessed a smartphone for 9 months now, this is the first time I have written a blog post with it. The reason? It just takes ages. And mobile…
What wine writers buy: four great cheap wines
OK, I can only speak for myself. Despite being deluged in samples (which is great, by the way – so useful to be able to try wines at home, and…
Away for the weekend
It’s brother-in-law Cliff’s 50th birthday weekend. Very decently, he has come over from Geneva with his family and hired a large house in the Cotswalds, so it’s time for a…
Mixing the personal and professional
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 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:
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…
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…