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Don't quote me If I had a euro for every time a wine producer or wine merchant used the word classic, or more...

Don't quote me I write from the less-than-exciting confines of a bog standard hotel room in Bordeaux after 10 o’clock at night, room...

Don't quote me By complete coincidence, in view of this week’s report on the Best Sommelier in the World, comes news of Britain’s...

Don't quote me Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper is famous for a lot of things – the infamous and well-endowed page 3 girls and...

Don't quote me At last night’s Decanter/Christie’s fundraising dinner for the Vilar Young Artists programme in the chilly but glamorous Vilar Floral Hall...

Don't quote me A representative of Ornellaia rang me yesterday to remind me that this year the Maremma winery celebrates its 20th anniversary...

Don't quote me You know how it’s impossible to find anyone who admits to voting for George W Bush, and yet he won...

Don't quote me Last Monday, just before leaving New Zealand for Australia, I was asked to talk to the country’s Pinot Noir producers...

Don't quote me Any minute now upwards of 700 tasting notes on 2003 red and white burgundies will be published in the tasting...

Don't quote me If anyone knows a better cure for jetlag than a relaxed dinner with fellow wine lovers and six superb mature...

Don't quote me Can it really be true that the favourite new drink of the army of Texans to invade Washington for yesterday's...

Don't quote me I was amused to find in my inbox last night, after a long day hunched over the incredibly varied 2003...

Don't quote me A wine-loving friend in Washington DC has brought the following extraordinary account of four meals, more than a hundred wines...

Don't quote me The Christmas and New Year festivities already seem all too distant, do they not? Conversation among wine lovers is now...

Don't quote me Christmas numbers and magnums are natural allies. On Christmas Day we had 18 round the table, of whom an alarming...

Don't quote me It’s not every evening I am served four 1961s for dinner but such was the case last Saturday night. Our...