An oddity of the wine trade is the annual migration of the Burgundy winemaking fraternity to London for tastings of their most recent releases. The keen taster could go to several events every day and sample almost every vineyard site in the region, probably from several growers.
Jancis Robinson took a measured view of the vintage [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Tasting fatigue
Monday 26 January 2009 – 16:54
A Right Mouthful
Monday 26 January 2009 – 16:24
First we cracked DNA. Now we’ve cracked the genome construction of yeast.
A recent re-print of this story, the original study being reported back in October, got me thinking.
It goes without saying that we, as drinkers, often gloss over the finer points of the winemaking process, for the most part happy to imbibe [...]
The Sparkle of Anticipation
Monday 19 January 2009 – 11:05
Having just returned to the UK from a particularly snowy Loire Valley, via an eerily quiet Bordeaux airport, I was reminded that the UK wine trade was very much alive and well, full of chatter and excitement about retail sales.
Interesting was the news that Spanish cava giant Cordorníu has recently appointed its first ‘Director of [...]
The sky hasn’t caved in
Monday 12 January 2009 – 13:00
We published our Christmas trading statement last week, with like-for-like sales a modest 2.9% down on the same period last year. Coming on the back of many years continuous growth this is a shame but is a creditable performance I think.
Until recently one of the more predictable tasks at Christmas was sending vans to tour [...]
Majestic
Richard Weaver
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