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Blind tasting, tested
From theory to practice: an MW critiques his own tasting prowess. Or lack of. Inspired by Sam’s Mission Blind Tasting series, I signed up for a tasting called ‘Burgundy or...
Richard Hemming MW
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Calling all Riesling lovers who will be in or near London on the evening of Monday 12 May. Purple Pagers...
Alex on taste
Today’s Throwback Thursday article is a historic throwback: Alex’s comments, published on Purple Pages yesterday, on a trove of 50-year-old...
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Maggie Rosen writes: What does your sense of smell mean to you? Next time you enjoy a glass of wine...
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The Magnificent Seven may be the name of the 1960 western directed by John Sturges, but in the following article...
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Last Thursday night the most recent batch of Masters of Wine were officially anointed at the annual MW get together...
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It's confession time: I am from the cassette generation, although only just. My best friend in very early childhood was...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See also my tasting notes on...
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On Thursday 21 February the 60th Oxford v Cambridge blind tasting match was held in London. I will be writing...
Alex on taste
5 Mar - In the original version of this review, Alex included a brief paragraph criticising the proofreading of this...
Alex on taste
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I rarely feel more typically English than on my annual buying trip to Burgundy. It isn’t...
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I had never paid much attention to wine competitions. When wines win medals and prizes, who are they competing against...
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Every year the en primeur tasting organised by Assovini Sicilia demands of the attendees a certain strategic approach. Last year...
Alex on taste
'You are about to enter the courtroom of Judge Judith Sheindlin.' Oh bliss! 'The people are real ... the cases...
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Beware Oxbridge, Ivy League and Grandes Écoles! Two crack tasting teams from Asia have just been selected to compete against...
Alex on taste
All wine merchants need a few sobering moments in their lives. My most recent came when accidentally watching Celebrity Great...
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At yesterday's 59th Oxbridge wine-tasting competition, Oxford won quite decisively after a run of wins by Cambridge. They fielded the...
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