Monthly Archives: December 2007


The Woods family has been laid low for much of the last fortnight by various bugs that have caused problems at both ends of our personal plumbing systems. While I haven’t had it as bad as Alex (aged 6), to be honest the thought of tasting the dozens of wines […]

Montepulciano’s Revenge


Tesco’s wine head honcho Dan Jago recently went Down Under to talk to the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia, and found himself ruffling a few feathers. One of his comments was that “Wines with 13 or 14% alcohol just aren’t exciting any more and customers are currently looking to the Old […]

Australia – the country that might not let a Jago ...