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Book Review meets Peak Parker!
‘Wine a Way of Life‘ is a tour de Force, a tour de France and a tour de le Wine Trade is for anyone who bought… read more
News
2013 Gran Enemigo Gualtallary Single Vineyard (100/100pts)
The BIG enemy (or maybe not so ‘Gran Enemigo’ after all) 2013 vintage has just arrived, and ALL on the same day that the Argentine National… read more
Competition Fever!
It`s Competiton time! We have just entered bottles of our last, well only, vintage of 2008 ‘Oro Verde’ Malbec de Xuxuy, into the 2018 World Malbec… read more
Another gastronomic icon bites the dust
The closure of another gastronomic icon, and once again an indigestible Michelin Star dinner. Same City, different restaurant.
The Clan gather in Palermo (not Sicily)
… okay so it’s not Palermo Sicilia, it’s Palermo Hollywood, wherever that maybe? “fuggedaboutit”. This Thing of Ours got together for a little geographical touching-base with the important… read more
2015 Sassicaia – a ‘classic’ vintage equal to the legendary 1985, JS
Bad information? maybe or perhaps? who really nose… I still cannot, on the whole, get used to reading vinous headlines like this one, and mainly I… read more
Saluti! I am not going to pretend with you that 2017 was great…
Saluti! I am not going to pretend with you that 2017 was a great year… as it certainly was not. And I am not talking about… read more
Wishing all my family, winefriends, clients, suppliers and any readers of the boggy bloggy born in either 1940`s, 1950`s, dare i say 60’s and of course 1970`s
Wishing you all the very best for 2018 and a wee word of congratulations to you! and if you would like to add any more please… read more
Mizz World 2017 ‘Gold Medal’ Winner goes to?
The 1st edition of this Miss World Wine List pagent, was held on 10th December 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina with a ‘live’ feed from Auckland, New Zealand. There… read more
Looking for some Clarety (clarity) here?
It was not ‘April Fools Day’, but it could have been. Alas, in mid-July I received an email from the UK Petrus (Pomerol) agents, after they were… read more