by Juel Mahoney
Perhaps you’ve also found yourself in this position. You are at the supermarket after a long day at work and you want to buy a bottle of wine. You just want one but you find rows of them. Some wines have the same name – there are three Chablis, for example – yet they are all different prices.
I’m often asked, why …
by Juel Mahoney
Faced with 20,000 wines from over 25 countries, you may be wondering, where’s the best place to start at LIWF? Here’s our insider’s guide to one of the world’s biggest wine trade fairs.
1. Comfortable shoes
First things first. The ExCel site is 100 acres (400,000 sqm). Whether you want to amble from stand to stand or spend the three …
“I didn’t tell you to create a Carry On Boozing” – Lord Sugar
Well.
What did you think of the English Bubbles episode of The Apprentice?
Tonight Lord Sugar challenged the teams with a task to raise the awareness of English wine. Judged at Bibendum HQ by some of the big names in the English wine industry – including our very own MD, Michael Saunders – …
by Juel Mahoney
Before the 2011 Bordeaux campaign began in March (and before we had tasted the wines), we put out the challenge to our readers To Be Your Own Robert Parker. “Taste the vintage for yourself”, we said, “and make up your own mind.”
And so they did. In their hundreds. A trek to Lord’s …
by Gareth Groves
How many glasses do you get from a bottle of wine? The standard answer used to be six, but in many pubs and bars in the UK nowadays, the answer is just three.
The large 250ml glass of wine has become a standard serving, often ordered at the same time as a pint or a gin and tonic, despite the huge differences …
by Juel Mahoney
We all have a first time. Some we want to remember and some we want to forget. At last night’s launch of his revised and updated book, Bordeaux – The Wines, The Vineyards, The Winemakers “A new look at the world’s most famous wine region,” Oz explained how it was a 1962 Chateau Langoa-Barton that first began his journey into the …
How do you eat and drink in true Emilia-Romagna style? Recently Poderi dal Nespoli and Michelin-starred chef Marco Cavalucci visited Tennent’s Training Academy in Glasgow to give a hands-on demonstration.
Poderi dal Nespoli is a family-owned winery situated south-east of Bologna in the heart of Romagna’s Sangiovese territory. One of the food epicentres of the world, …
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