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Don't quote me This is the text of a speech I was asked to give to wine producers, promoters and commentators at the...

Don't quote me In one of the most bizarre cases of bureaucratic meddling ever, it has come to light that Maynards Wine Gums...

Don't quote me As advertising revenues plummet and interest in wine soars, the number of wine-focused events seems to have increased exponentially. Magazines...

Don't quote me You've heard of hostess anxiety causing some pretty silly oversights and domestic catastrophes – flat soufflés, burnt toast, champagne turned...

Don't quote me The UK Advertising Standards Authority recently rapped Britain's biggest wine merchant Direct Wines/Laithwaites over the knuckles for two ads they...

Don't quote me Yesterday in London was not exceptional but it was one of the busier days in the wine trade calendar. We...

Don't quote me The Médoc was looking beautifully spring-like last week as I spent a couple of days being sped around by the...

Don't quote me The annual en primeur presentation of the 2006 vintage of Brunello di Montalcino last Friday and Saturday has already caused...

Don't quote me I recently sat next to an American wine writer who informed me that he didn’t like South African wine and...

Don't quote me Saturday, especially Saturday of Super Bowl weekend, is a strange day to send out an important announcement, especially one from...

Don't quote me Last September I was invited to the centenary celebrations of the VDP, the German top growers' association, in Berlin, I...

Don't quote me Whatever time you’re reading this, in whatever time-zone, a factory in Manchester is bottling countless litres of wine. Not quite...

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Don't quote me One night during Burgundy 2009 week in London when I went to 12 tastings in five days, Nick took me...