One of the major concerns among fine wine lovers today has become the problem known as 'premature oxidation' in white wines, particularly white burgundies (see, for example, the recent forum...

James Stark, Sheffield:   I know this has been touched on before but I wondered what your and Julia's views on the debate about whether oxidation problems in white burgundy...

31 Jan - See more grim news on premox in this thread on our forum See our more than 1,500 tasting notes on 2009 burgundies. In wine auctions it is advisable to be wary...

Oxidation, oxidation, oxidation. Not a recent UK election slogan modelled on Tony Blair's 2007 priorities for government, 'Education, education, education', but definitely a hot potato in the...

Update 16 Jun 2011:  the often frustrated and sometimes enraged opinions of Purple pagers on the subject of 'premox' can be found on the following forum threads: Burghound's recent...

Update 16 Jun 2011:  the often frustrated and sometimes enraged opinions of Purple pagers on the subject of 'premox' can be found on the following forum threads: Burghound's recent...

Joe Asch, New Hampshire: Greetings! I recently had a 1994 de Fieuzal Blanc and a 1996 Guy Amiot Puligny Montrachet, Les Demoiselles from my cellar and both had a deep golden hue that is usually...

M English, Herts, England: Might it be an idea to have a "your tasting notes turn"?  I'm disappointed more often than not by 1996 white burgundy and 1996 red burgundy can still be a bit of an...

See earlier background article . Please note that I have been unable to reproduce exactly the tables and graphs in my painstakingly edited version below but you can find them, as part of an...

I had lunch with someone who works for J P Morgan on Friday, tasted some wines from the cellar of a captain of industry in the evening, and learnt a great deal. For a start I learned...