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Bordeaux 2025 – a pivotal en primeur campaign?
Nick Martin reflects as another en primeur campaign winds up. Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste (pictured above) bundled a visit to the property with the en primeur purchase of their ‘variation case’ this...
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I spent last weekend in Washington, DC, playing a small role in an annual fundraiser for the American Heart Association...
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This week has been a busy one for tastings in London. I went to two on both Tuesday and Wednesday...
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Moët et Chandon launched a new addition to their portfolio this week: the world’s first Champagne ‘specifically designed to be...
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One of the questions I am asked most frequently is 'do wine tasters have to avoid certain foods?' I'm naturally...
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There are many impressive things about Noma, the Copenhagen restaurant voted best in the world for the second time in...
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Castel, the biggest and dreariest Bordeaux-based wine company, is buying Patriarche, the biggest and dreariest Burgundy-based wine company. A marriage...
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I finally made it to Heston Blumenthal's new restaurant Dinner overlooking the park from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in London...
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There was a time when global conglomerates seemed the most interested parties hovering over the carrion that is the world's...
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Frequent travellers, especially on expense accounts, know from experience that the wine selection in business and first class no longer...
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This is the text of a speech I was asked to give to wine producers, promoters and commentators at the...
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In one of the most bizarre cases of bureaucratic meddling ever, it has come to light that Maynards Wine Gums...
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As advertising revenues plummet and interest in wine soars, the number of wine-focused events seems to have increased exponentially. Magazines...
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You've heard of hostess anxiety causing some pretty silly oversights and domestic catastrophes – flat soufflés, burnt toast, champagne turned...
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The UK Advertising Standards Authority recently rapped Britain's biggest wine merchant Direct Wines/Laithwaites over the knuckles for two ads they...
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Yesterday in London was not exceptional but it was one of the busier days in the wine trade calendar. We...
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