Cinq passionnés du breuvage de Bacchus parlent du vin sous toutes ses facettes.
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Many apologies but Jim is late posting today...... Anne McHale In the meantine the result of the 2010 Young Wine Writer of the Year Award here.
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Interesting to see how changes in communications can alter one’s habits. I have lived in London for much of my life and in Forest Hill in leafy South London since 1974. During all of that time I have spent little time in East London. Certainly over the...
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A traditional way of opening sparkling wine – just as Cav puts the others to the sword! Yet another stunning victory for Mark Cavendish on the final stage of the 2010 Tour de France as he roared up the Champs de l’Elysée leaving the opposition behind...
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Pour nos amis non anglophones, voici le texte de Jim dans la langue de Molière, ou plutôt, de Messier... C’est le moment de faire le point. Des caisses de Lafite s’échangent aux alentours de 15.700 euros et celles de Latour pour 13.000. Petrus, Le Pin...
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It is time to take stock! Cases of 2009 Lafite are now changing hands for upwards of £13,000 and Latour for £11,000 and doubtless Pétrus. Le Pin and Ausone will be multiples of this. Think of a figure and double it! With the exception of those bottles...
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Sad news this week to learn that Colin Parnell, the founding publisher of Decanter magazine has died. Colin had long since ceased had any involvement in magazine which is now owned by IPC and housed along with many other titles in a glass and steel office...
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Jancis Robinson MW: a vice-president of the Circle It is going to be a busy few days. Monday is the AGM and then the annual dinner of the Circle of Wine Writers. Then Tuesday it is the madness of the London International Wine Trade Fair, which is celebrating...
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There is no doubt that the ‘social media’ – blogs, facebook, twitter YouTube etc. – has opened up a plethora of new ways of communicating about wine. When anyone with a wireless connection can join in, the days of the omniscient wine critic are now surely...
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Tom Cannavan in Chile on his barrel throne ready to receive homage! Time as the last showers of a typically wet English Bank Holiday clear away for a few reflections about wine bulletin boards Let’s start with some thoughts from Jamie Goode (the wine...
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The UK General Election is now entering its final stages. We have the last leaders televised debate to come this Thursday and then on Thursday 6th May we will cast our votes – or rather those of us that bother to do so. Actually the percentage of the...
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