One of the thrills of writing about wine, apart from getting paid to do my hobby, is that I get to meet my wine heros. And last night, for the…
A lovely summer’s day: cricket, beer, a barbecue
Today has been quite lovely. It’s not often we have a day like this, chez Goode, where everyone gets on well together, we have fun, and it finishes well. It…
More on paywalls
I don’t think there’s much of a future for paywalls (where punters are charged to access online journlism). There’s an article on the BBC here, which seems to suggest the…
Only one drink for this hot, sunny afternoon!
Fino Sherry. The hot sunny weather has tempted me into a sneaky early afternoon glass of wine, and there’s only one choice* for this weather: Fino Sherry, straight from the…
My wine, 2009 vintage
I’ve just bottled the 2009 vintage of my wine. It’s a 30:60:10 blend of Pinot Noir/Phoenix/Bacchus, from the vines in my back garden. Strict selection for healthy berries, hand destemmed…
An argument for screwcaps
There’s an article in The Times today reporting on how the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) have called for minimum pricing on alcohol, as one of a raft of…
Update from the infowine forum
I’m sitting in the infowine forum here in Vila Real, Portugal. Steve Charters (pictured) is talking – he’s discussing marketing wine to generation Y. It’s really interesting: these are the…
Summer arrives, and a great day’s cricket
A fantastic day today. A cricket match. This time, not the wine trade, but a church match, between two Twickenham based Anglican congregations. One large, one smaller. I was playing…
Spotted in a Trimbach: a new-look Diam
Opened a Trimbach Riesling this afternoon to find it had a new-look Diam (taint-free technical cork) in the neck. This Diam has been streaked with brown to make it look…