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The glorious & the rather unglorious twelfth!
It’s sparrow’s fart on this 12th August 2019, inflation depending, ”up went 50 pounds, bang went 95 pence and down came ten quid” (as the old… read more
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Chalking it up at El Cronista
Funny how an informal question or two over the telephone from a Maria-Paula, who I thought was going to be a client, can lead to an… read more
There are rules and then there are plans
Well I have just broken one of my own rules… `never buy En Primeur again William`, I mumbled to myself back in 2016. Well there we… read more
Fragile!
Life is in indeed both Fragile! and Strange! as are bottles of wine, and for that matter their contents when badly, or wrongly handled and cellared…. read more
The good news and the bad
Well, there is always ‘good news’, and then there is also always ‘bad news’, which one chooses to follow is quite simply up to you… Last… read more
Dining with Whttington and looking for his cat
Turn again, Whittington, Once Lord Mayor of London! Turn again, Whittington, Twice Lord Mayor of London! Turn again, Whittington, Thrice Lord Mayor of London! So when… read more
Deo Optima Maximo
Deo Optima Maximo is often abbreviated as D.O.M., and when a young Brazilian chef by the name of Alex Atala lived in Corso Garibaldi, during the early 1990s in Milan. He lived… read more
2018 Chateau Algorithm (not available in OWC)
2018 Chateau Algorithm (not available in OWC) or, what on earth happened to The Emperor`s new clothes? Where are we going on this one William? Okay, well it’s… read more
The Lucky Leading Lady of Luconia
Elena Fucci’s 2016 Aglianico del Vulture ‘Titolo’ is a wine built for the long haul. It should continue its steady evolution over the next 20 years… read more
We are now shipping CNS
Yes dear readers, ‘CNS‘ does indeed stand for, mean Carbon Neutral Shipments. I could not have made this up, could I? Well, the spring has finally… read more