I had a meeting this morning at Clarence House, the home of the Prince of Wales, so afterwards I wandered down to take a peek at the ‘Start’ Garden Party…
The start of term!
It feels like the start of term. As you probably all know, I don’t have a proper job. I get paid to do my hobby, and as a freelancer, I…
Does language for wine shape perception?
Some thoughts. Can we think without language? In the absence of words, can we experience things consciously? I’d argue, yes. We think and process our experience consciously independently of language,…
El Cayado Bierzo: is it the same wine?
A while back I recommended the El Cayado Bierzo from Oddbins (£8.99), and today I plugged it in my Sunday Express column, describing it as one of the best sub-£10…
On the beach
Spent the day down at West Wittering, near Chichester. It’s one of the UK’s best beaches. And we enjoyed a day of full sunshine, without a single cloud – it…
Is the taste of wine a property of the wine?
A philosophical point, but an important one. Is the ‘taste’ of a wine a property of a wine? Here are my thoughts. A wine has physical properties, which can be…
Summer’s almost over
It’s the last day of what has been a rather miserable August here in the UK. But it’s going out in some style, with a perfect sunny day finishing the…
Recently on the main wineanorak site
Quite a few additions to the main wineanorak site lately. Here are some that blog readers may have missed: Mullineux Family Wines: an exciting new producer from South Africa’s Swartland…
Veraison, at last
Veraison – the stage in grape phenology where the berries change colour and the skins soften – is occurring at last with my Pinot Noir vines. I’ve deliberately chosen this…