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We Masters of Wine went back to school last month with an AGM preceded by a tasting in Vintners' Hall (shown here) of some of Austria’s finest wines. This was held in honour of Pepi Schuller... |
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In a nutshell : Great dry Riesling and Grüner Veltliner, reliable (very) sweet wines and fruity reds. Main grapes : Grüner Veltliner, Welschriesling, Riesling, Müller-Thurgau... |
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Following the publication of the Guía Peñín 2008 , the annual guide to Spanish wine that owes it existence and reputation to José Peñín, the publishers... |
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‘Tis the season to be merry, and to disregard society’s disapproval of the strong and sweet. Sweet wines are some of the world’s most delicious, and most difficult to make well.... |
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Just to warn you again re the new Vintners' Tales DVD in aid of Wine Relief that we are off on a family break late tomorrow (18 Dec) until 29 Dec and, since the DVD production and despatch... |
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Akos Forczek of London wine importers Top Selection writes: I am sure you all know by now that Alois Kracher died last week on Wednesday. The funeral was on Friday. His wish was that... |
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Quite a proportion of you in our recent survey suggested that the site might be improved by having more than one forum. In particular, some members felt that the regular forum could be a bit... |
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At 11 yesterday morning I was in the bowels of Buckingham Palace tasting as part of work helping to select wines for the Queen’s guests. While waiting for my fellow tasters to finish I... |
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The following sad news has just been released by the Austrian Wine Marketing Board. I met him only briefly but was won over by his passion and enthusiasm. The Austrian wine community is... |
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The Atlantic can represent a huge gulf as we know, particularly in terms of wine distribution. The wines of Jorge Ordoñez are well known and widely appreciated in the US but relatively... |
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Last Saturday night Nick and I had the great pleasure of wining and dining the eight purple pagers who generously bid for a place at our Wine Relief Dinner , as proposed by Thomas de Waen... |
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Last night, two nights after Decanter’s similar awards dinner, the International Wine Challenge (IWC) gongs, now under new management, were presented in London in a record time of... |
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Rodrigo Mainardi, São Paulo: During the Mistral Wine Encounter I had the great opportunity of tasting 13 vintages of Comte George de Vogüé’s Musigny... |
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Luiz Horta, São Paulo: This is the Mistral Wine Experience week here, almost 80 producers this year. From Spain René Barbier (who came himself) with Clos... |
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Michael Alberty, Corkscrew Wine Emporium, Urbana, IL: I was in Spain for a week and I was able to sample the wines from the new Jorge Ordoñez-Alois [Kracher] joint venture... |
