20 Aug 2001 by JR
Everyone and his dog has a view on this by now. Mine is still that I find plastic corks unattractive, difficult to re-insert, silly (because they are ersatz in every way) and low-scoring on...
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4 Mar 2003 by JR
A magazine just asked me to provide them with a brief exposition of my views on the main sorts of wine bottle stoppers currently available, and since this continues to be such a hot topic, I...
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23 Jun 2003 by JR
There was an unusually fine article by Michael McCarthy on this subject in the British broadsheet The Independent on 19 June. Check it out by searching for cork on www.independent.co.uk ....
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30 Jun 2003 by JR
I recently tasted vintages 1995-2000 of the truly excellent Cabernet Sauvignon from Moss Wood in Margaret River, Western Australia and noticed that the most recent vintage was poured from a bottle...
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31 Dec 2003 by JR
Britain's dominant and financially hugely successful supermarket Tesco has been a pioneer of screwcaps for its wine range. It offers about 70 different wines stoppered with this alternative to...
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6 Jan 2004 by JR
from: Gareth T
question:
The only bad (in the sense that the wine was musty and not drinkable) bottle of wine I...
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1 Mar 2004 by JR
Andrew Dawson, UK:
Another question, I have been advised that where you have, in a young wine,...
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7 Mar 2004 by JR
Victoria, UK:
I feel you may have answered this many times before but if so can't find where...is...
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16 Mar 2004 by JR
Anton McGovern, Switzerland:
My wife reaches the dread 40 later this year and I have located a...
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2 Apr 2004 by JR
Keith...
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19 Jul 2004 by JR
John Ward, USA:
You have written eloquently on the subject...
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29 Jul 2004 by JR
Rodrigo Mainardi, Brazil:
I have a silly question that just crossed my mind: a friend of mine used to drink two...
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29 Jul 2004 by JR
Michael A Green:
A cork producer could have a few mutts running around on site - heaven knows, Spain and Portugal...
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22 Aug 2004 by JR
The managing director of Australian synthetic cork manufacturer Nukorc - sorry, NuKorc - finally caught up with my article Will our grandchildren need a corkscrew? and has just sent me three...
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14 Oct 2004 by JR
Michael A Green:
Sorry to bother you about TCA again (see Dogs and...
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