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Don't quote me Bordeaux, by which of course I mean those involved in wine in Bordeaux, is abuzz with speculation and downright panic...

Don't quote me It’s a sign of the times that a wine bottler is making a song and dance about a new bottle...

Don't quote me As I explained here, we celebrated the start of the New Year on Jan 1 rather than Dec 31 with...

Don't quote me As I explained here , we got back from our family holiday only on Saturday night 29 Dec. On 25...

Don't quote me The EU wine reform, officially summarised here, was, inevitably, a compromise. The original proposals (downloadable here) put forward by EU...

Don't quote me ACNielsen, the company that began telling Americans what their neighbours were watching on tv in the 1960s, is in the...

Don't quote me 7 Dec – see here for a revised version of this story. Tesco’s wine supremo Dan Jago was recently invited...

Don't quote me Back home in London under an avalanche of samples sent for review, it is strange for me to reflect on...

Don't quote me Well, well, well, Michelin finally gets round to Tokyo and, as ever, the publicity that ensues seems to be for...

Don't quote me Most unusually, last week I caught sight of two new, very high profile London restaurants before my esteemed husband and...

Don't quote me Yesterday I went to Milan to taste the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux’s showing of the glamorous 2005 bordeaux...

Don't quote me The California rumour mill is turning extra fast at the moment with whispers that Beam Wine Estates, the company created...

Don't quote me Does the world really need another Riedel stem? Oregon winemakers thought so, Georg Riedel of Riedel Glas Austria eventually agreed...

Don't quote me Australian viticulturist Dr Richard Smart, deeply critical of a recent conference on climate change held in Chicago, directed me last...

Don't quote me To celebrate 130 years of its unique yellow colour, Veuve Clicquot tell me they have created the limited edition and...

Don't quote me Most companies like to bury bad news but if there’s one thing that Oddbins, the UK chain of once-quirky wine...