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Behind the Glass – book review
The science behind tasting 'one of the most complex solutions in the world' – wine. Behind the Glass The chemical and sensorial terroir of wine tasting Gus Zhu MW Published...
Tamlyn Currin
Thursday 10 October 2024
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Some more memories of the expert on wine tasting. See also memories from others at the bottom of this article...
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We have lost one of the wine world's best-known personalities. See also Broadbent – more memories.
Michael Broadbent, a towering...
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A collection of good intentions. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
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Since...
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If you're based in the UK, you can now hire my glasses! Forgive me for banging on about my all-purpose...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. We Brits may be suffering a crisis of confidence...
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This article about the difference between producers' and commentators' perceptions of individual wines has been syndicated. I’m often asked whether...
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The Sommelier’s Atlas of Taste A field guide to the great wines of EuropeRajat Parr and Jordan MackayPublished by Ten...
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At last weekend's global test of blind wine tasting, 'our' team did really rather well. Many of you were kind...
Andrea's salon
I’ve long been troubled by the disparity between the enormous, glorious galaxy of feelings that wine elicits, and the narrow...
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12 April 2018 In recognition of the fact that this is the official Bordeaux primeurs week, during which Julia is...
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Oxford romped home, again, in yesterday morning’s Oxford v Cambridge wine-tasting match organised by Champagne Pol Roger, notching up a...
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Recently retired specialist Loire broker Charles Sydney (pictured here with his wife and colleague Philippa) reports on his experiences of...
Book reviews
There is strong message from Tam about the third example of her 40+ recent book reviews that she has chosen...
Hemming's spittoon
I think they call it the coal face of wine tasting because your teeth end up looking like a coal...
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Zimbabwean-born Tam and I went briefly to gloriously autumnal Burgundy last weekend to witness the performance of the Zimbabwe team...
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Erica Platter, who introduced four remarkable Zimbabwean Supersommeliers to us in April 2016, now reveals that a film is to...
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