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Here's an intriguing idea. Piper Heidsieck, who sponsors the 30-year-old professional Sommelier of the Year competition in the UK is launching a competition to find the Amateur Sommelier of the Year - and you don't have to pour a drop!
It's open to anyone outside the wine trade or sommelier. More...
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Laura Conway is a wine professional living in San Francisco who was Vinfolio's content manager and editor from 2004 until recently and is currently attending the Wine MBA hosted by the Bordeaux École de Management (BEM). This executive MBA programme consists of six two-and-a-half-week sessions. More...
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We finish our week devoted to Mature Bordeaux with an account of some of the most famous red bordeaux of the last century and some of their peers.
The last time we stayed chez the late Bill Baker in the atmospheric West Country millhouse he shared with his wife Kate, children. More...
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The following notes were taken at a super-luxurious comparative tasting hosted by Christie's in London back in November 2005. I'm publishing them as part of my intention to beef up the number of reviews we offer of wines that are ready to drink or approaching drinkability.. More...
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Alison, you don't have to go to too much trouble on this. I was mostly just curious. More...
As it happens, I tasted Antonopoulos's Vertzami this very morning. It was the 2003 vintage - they have made it only 3 times in the last 15 years because it is difficult to tame the tannins of this. More...
Sadly, the most fascinating article I've read on the subject of drinking and culture lies hidden behind the subscription doors of [I]The New Yorker.[/I] It appeared in the February15/22, 2010 issue. More...
