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I set off for The Beckford Arms, in the depths of Wiltshire, with two specific questions for its chef, Mark Blatchford, whose food I had always previously enjoyed in both London and New York. Why had he suddenly left the big smoke and what did he miss most in his new, more tranquil setting?. More...
See full tasting notes on Purple pages .   California wine can be frustrating for those of us who live outside the United States. Thanks to recent swollen crops and plummeting sales of California’s many ambitiously priced wines, there is a glut of good wine – much of. More...
13 Mar - See this thread  on the forum. I am indebted to Liv-ex for the graphic below that shows quite convincingly how closely their index of fine wine prices follows the total number of billionaires in the world.  (Such a shame that someone told billionaires about the. More...
You may remember our article Cape winelands under threat about the mining prospecting proposed in some of South Africa's most beautiful wine country published on Thursday last week. We have just received this very heartening message from Gary Jordan of Jordan wine estate, who was. More...

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Thanks, I know about the traffic; I've been driving little girls' and little boys' squash teams all over the UK for more than 12 years. But getting out of west London takes over 1-1/2 hours on. More...
[QUOTE=Jan Gunnar Karsten, Sao Paulo - SP;26090] Would appreciate comments from any reader that had an equivalent experience lately with older Chilenean vintages.....[/QUOTE] I had the 1999 El. More...
It's a great forum here for sure, and thank you all for your insightful suggestions! I will see what we have time to do when we get there next week. What I am most excited about is to try some of. More...

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