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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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May you live in interesting times!
Well it is indeed that time of year again when the flying winemakers and the flying winedealers end up tripping over each other’s corkscrews, bumping into… read more
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
Willis Wine Bar
Sorry to break the news…
…sorry to break the news but the 2019 vintage is well upon us, as if you have not noticed already. As I type this missive it… read more
Did you have a red or a white Christmas?
So, did you have a red or a white Christmas? Well, what kept me sane over the last few days of December 2018, where four little… read more