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Tag Archives: Jancis Robinson
Youth-friendly wine tastings
Going to a wine tasting can be an intimidating even for an experienced wine bore like me. There’s all those wines lined up, you have to take a sniff, a little sip, spit – don’t get me started on spitting, … Continue reading
Posted in Wine articles
Tagged Budweiser, California, Crufts, Dalston, Jancis Robinson, Oddbins, Wine, Wine tasting
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Have I lumbered my blog with a stupid name?
I’m thinking of changing the name of my blog. No less an authority than Jancis Robinson (for it is she) thought that it sounded ‘rather unappetising.’ Evines, a online merchant, said that it ‘sounds dangerously like a smash up of … Continue reading
Book review: Drink Me! How to Choose, Taste and Enjoy Wine by Matt Walls
My music teacher at school used to say that to play the piano as badly as Les Dawson, you have to be a great pianist. Matt Walls reminds me a little of Dawson, not physically of course, but in order … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Wine articles
Tagged Andrew Jefford, Jancis Robinson, Les Dawson, Nigel Slater, Oddbins
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I won something!
As boy I was a very poor sportsman. Whilst my older brother George was always winning things, my trophy cabinet was bare. In fact I didn’t have a trophy cabinet, there just wasn’t the need. Looking back, I think the … Continue reading
Posted in Wine articles
Tagged Bordeaux, Château Mouton Rothschild, French wine, Jancis Robinson
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Do wine writers need qualifications?
I was reading the comment section on a wine blog late one Friday night (how my life has changed in the last four years!) Someone had written in to voice his displeasure that people could start blogs and pronounce on … Continue reading
Posted in Wine articles
Tagged Clarkson, Evelyn Waugh, Jancis Robinson, Jay McInerney, Master of Wine, Roger Scruton, Samuel Pepys, Tim Atkin
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Why do wine writers write only about wine?
There’s an article by Craig Brown (the humourist not the former Scotland football manager) about being present at the one and only meeting between Anthony Burgess and Benny Hill. Apparently it was not a great success. Though the two great artists admired … Continue reading
