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….
Some thoughts on Hedonism Wines
I visited Hedonism Wines for the first time today. You can see a report, mostly pictorial, on my visit here. Some thoughts: It is an amazing retail space. Beautifully planned…
Some nice surprises from the Balkan wine festival
So, after two day’s judging, today was the Balkan wine festival here in Sofia, where a number of producers gathered to show their wines. I just wanted to report on…
In Bulgaria, judging wines of the Balkans
I am currently in Sofia, Bulgaria, where I am judging the Balkans International Wine Competition, along with a merry band of excellent judges from different Balkan countries, plus three of us…
Some nice wines from Lay & Wheeler
Wine merchant Lay & Wheeler have been part of Majestic Wine for a while, and for the first time at this week’s Majestic press tasting some of the Lay & Wheeler…
Some blog posts worth revisiting
I feel guilty. In an age of information overload, I blog pretty much every day. I contribute to the vast mass of media output that clogs up peoples’ thinking space….
Washing, drying and maintaining a decanter
I love decanting red wines. And some whites. But I have always struggled with cleaning decanters properly. My usual technique is to was then in very hot water several times,…
The Internet and its impact on wine communication
Here is the abstract of a talk I am doing in Spain next month, on the impact of the Internet on wine communication. It is aimed at wineries. I wrote…