Please forgive me that this is not strictly speaking connected with wine or food but I thought you might be interested in the tale below by an amazing guy Nick and I met at an FT wine...

As part of Comic Relief’s array of items being auctioned 100% in aid of their extraordinarily worthwhile work in Africa and the UK on eBay, I am offering to organise and present a...

Dec 13 later: Apparently Madeleine Albright is scheduled to be on the show tomorrow night according to the show's website. Perhaps they confused her and me? Dec 14: No, apparently it's a...

If you're interested in the sort of questions posed by this leading American publication for wine professionals and my answers, click here .

My offer to mail you personalised bookplates for the new, much revised 3rd edition of The Oxford Companion to Wine expires at midnight tomorrow night London time so do please place your order...

You may just have gathered that there is a brand new, much revised, third edition of The Oxford Companion to Wine out. The new version of this classic, much-awarded reference book has a...

Strictly for those who retain an interest in matters royal, here is proof that I was there and an answer to the most frequently asked question, 'What did she say to you?' Bear in mind that I...

I shall be giving a talk on wine, followed by a question-and-answer session, a small wine-and-cheese tasting and a book signing in the Fratry,...