Why Australia’s wine industry is approaching crunch time
Usually, a wine event that featured a lot of older vintages would be a cause for celebration. But the string…
Usually, a wine event that featured a lot of older vintages would be a cause for celebration. But the string…
A couple of years ago there was a clamour on social media for ‘Try January’. It was a reaction to…
After another challenging 12 months, the global wine industry is preparing for a year ahead that promises continued economic turbulence,…
Wine gives the impression of being an industry where nothing much ever happens. Where companies metaphorically slumber in cool darkness,…
The series of shocks to the wine world over the last three years has been relentless and unprecedented. From (in…
By common consensus, this year’s en primeur campaign in Bordeaux was another lethargic one. Uninspiring in quality, high in price and…
Ten years ago I was talking to a very exasperated brand manager for one of the big Cognac houses. He’d…
As I was researching this month’s column, a startling picture appeared in my Twitter feed of a sunken boat at…
A few years ago we almost bought a Boston terrier – a small, square-headed, snub-nosed dog breed with character to…
Two years on from the start of the global shutdown, are we now living in a post-COVID world? On the…