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Newer posts →One Sommelier’s Fairy-Tale Success
February 13, 2012When it comes to qualifications, one man has sniffed and slurped his way through more wine examinations than perhaps any other. That man is Gérard Basset, 54 years old, boasts not just a Master of Wine qualification, but also a … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Court of Master Sommeliers, Master of Wine, Master Sommelier, Sommelier | Leave a comment //“F*cking Nuts” Wine Offends Cantonese Wine Drinkers.
February 8, 2012A wine named Chilensis, has created quite a stir in the East, after it was revealed that its name loosely translates to “f*cking nuts”. In the same vein, it has been reported that Château Latour may not be performing as … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Chile, Chilensis | Leave a comment //Bomb Squad Destroys WWII Wine Cache
February 7, 2012A stash of pre-World War II wine found in a garden was destroyed by the British army bomb squad, a reader recounts in this month’s issue of Decanter magazine. Mr Tim Woodall from Suffolk, describes how he found a metal … Continue reading
Posted in News | Leave a comment //Michel Rolland Turns Wine To Water in Africa
February 7, 2012The man with the golden-palate: world-famous winemaking consultant Michel Rolland, who built his reputation on working his magic in the cellar, is now doing miracles of a different sort, by turning his South African wine into water for Ethiopians in … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Michel Rolland | 2 Comments //Romance is Dead: The Demise of the Quarterly Review of Wines Magazine.
January 31, 2012The Quarterly Review of Wines is calling it quits for its 145,000-circulation magazine after more than thirty years. “No one really wanted to go, but we all knew it was time,” said publisher/owner Richard Elia. The QRW has been checking … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Gary Vaynerchuk, Quarterly Review of Wines, Rick Bakas, Wine Spectator | Leave a comment //Chapoutier Calls Natural Winemakers “Hippies from Another World”.
January 31, 2012Renowned Rhone producer Michel Chapoutier has added his own comments to the natural wine debate by denouncing natural winemakers as out-of-touch hippies making defective wines. Interviewed in the current issue of Decanter, Chapoutier tells John Livingstone-Learmonth the practice of natural … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Chapoutier, Chapoutier wine, France, Hermitage, Michel Chapoutier, Rhone | Leave a comment //← Older posts Newer posts →
