I got back from Hong Kong early yesterday morning and, thanks to a good night's sleep and an afternoon siesta, was able to attend both annual events organised by the Institute of Masters of Wine:...

Last Friday the line-up of wines I will present at one of the three big tastings to be held at WineFuture Hong Kong in early November was announced. The other two tastings will be a collection...

See also  the associated video  of me in my garden, occasionally in frame, darting from light to shade and back again. Lovely birdsong... At the beginning of November this year I'll...

Below are two short clips from the two-day WineFuture conference just ended in Rioja.  The first is from Thursday, the start of the most talked-about presentation, Gary Vaynerchuk 's...

Elciego, early morning .  Pancho Campo MW and team have managed to attract the most extraordinary crowd to the two-day WineFuture conference here in Rioja. Both quality and...

The details of Pancho Campo's latest and most ambitious wine event can be found here . It's being held In Rioja 12-13 Nov 2009 and will give participants a rare opportunity to attend a...

Here's a very brief extract from Robert Parker's tasting of 20 bordeaux 2009s on Tuesday morning at WineFuture Hong Kong. It was hyped as The Magical 20 , and already merchants are trying...

Below is the hall where the WineFuture HK tastings were held, just before my Beyond Bordeaux tasting began. The picture above left is of Robert Parker presenting from the stage from which this...

Today is the last of the two and a half days of the massive wine-trade get together that is WineFuture Hong Kong 2011 . I conducted a tasting called Beyond Bordeaux last night and this morning...

I had the honour of participating with film director Francis Ford Coppola ( The Godfather , Apocalypse Now et al.) yesterday in the opening press conference at WineFuture Hong Kong , where we...

See here for a special offer for purple pagers. Spain's first Master of Wine Pancho Campo has form as an event organiser.  I first came across his organisational skills in...