One of the definitions in my Concise Oxford Dictionary of the word ‘premium’ is ‘of best quality. This seems to have escaped those who sell wine. Today, wines touted as ‘premium’ products are usually bog-standard, entry-level fodder. So what’s above premium? First there was super-premium. Then ultra-premium. Then Icon. This […]
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A lovely story has broken of how the US magazine Wine Spectator has paraised a restaurant that doesn’t exist. American author Robin Goldstein invented sent details of the fictitious Osterio L’Intrepido in Milan to the magazine, along with a fee of $250 and wasn’t surprised to receive one of the […]
Château N’Existe Pas
Brazil, or for those of a Latino bent Brasil. Land of carnival, poetic football and strange body hair arrangements. Winewise, it’s so far not made the same degree of splash as its fellow South Americans Chile and Argentina. Even Uruguayan wines are easier to track down. But Pele’s homeland offers […]
Brazil – promising wine, shame about the name…
‘Would your mum like this?’ Jill’s mum is lovely, but where wine is concerned, she doesn’t stray too far beyond the safe haven of cheap new World Chardonnay. But New World Chardonnay isn’t what it was. Where once it could be caricatured as the juice from tinned fruit cocktail (the […]
Coo-ee Pouilly
The Alexei Sayle line is, ‘Is it me, or is it bald, fat and Scouse in here?’ The Simon Woods line is, ‘Is it me, or are people missing the point in giving info on wines to normal people?’ Let’s transfer a typical spiel into a different genre… ‘This hand-crafted […]
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News is that David Beckham has bought his wife a vineyard in Napa Valley. Apparently the produce will be just for friends and family, but maybe the talented twosome are looking for things to do once Becks hangs up his boots. Footballers Wines, and all that. Makes you wonder what […]