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Taste Explorations: South America's Unsung Heroes
Those of you who know me will know that I absolutely love finding new and exciting things to try, whether it be food and drink or even a new sporting venture (more to follow, keep your eyes peeled). So, you can imagine my wine-nerdy excitement when I discovered what are now three of my absolute favourite grape varieties: Carménère, Tannat and Bonarda.
Wines of Chile
A guide to wines from Chile with food pairing suggestions
Focus on Flavour: Christmas Day Drinking
'Twas the night before Christmas and the Champagne flutes clink, such a magical time ...but what do I drink?
It's that time of the year where over indulgence is acceptable that extra glass of wine or two is encouraged, but with so many drink options and plenty of festive treats available what's the best tipple for you to enhance that much deserved Christmas joy?
Taste Explorations: Cuban Cigars - why all the fuss?
So, it turns out my first blog was somewhat of a success! Having very little academic interest in my school years led me to believe that writing wasn’t for me, but as it happens if you have a passion for what you’re writing about then it can be rather enjoyable.
Having deliberated over what my next subject would be I reached the decision to tackle Cuban cigars. Why is Cuba the first name most think of when the word cigar comes up? Is there something that sets Cuba apart from the rest?
Storing Open Bottles of Wine
In my student days, the concept of ‘leftover wine’ was, I have to say, utterly foreign to me. Any wine in the house was gone in a matter of hours, and I’m afraid I would have read an article like this one with utter derision.
Taste Explorations: My First Cigar
In his blog, The Oxford Wine Company's newest recruit Thomas Fowler makes his first foray into the world of Cigar smoking.
Sherry - The World's Most Underrated Wine
Xeres, Jerez, Sherry, Granny’s tipple; whatever you call it - for me this southern Spanish region produces the most unique, diverse and undervalued wine in the world.
Wine trends
Trends in wine are a funny thing. We’re all familiar with the biggest trend in recent years - everyone drinking bottom end Chardonnay from the supermarkets and suddenly no one touching it but drinking Pinot Grigio instead (though that’s an old example and Pinot Grigio is now gradually on the way out itself). But who actually sets the trend? Well it’s not the wine trade – although sometimes there is a bit of a trickle down effect from the trade to the public. The trend, in most cases, comes from the wine drinking public with the wine trade following in their footsteps to supply the styles of wine that they want.
English Wine and Food Pairings
In honour of English Wine Month, Matthew talks about pairing our long-established English cuisine with our comparatively new wine production.
Wine Trips Abroad - Theo Sloot feels the pinch on a wine trip...
“So you’re in the wine trade? Wow, that must be interesting! So you go abroad a lot to all kinds of interesting places and taste loads of wine?” Well, actually it’s not quite like that… “But I bet you have a fantastic time – I wish I had your job.”
Everyone in the wine trade is used to this kind of response from someone on first hearing what your job is, and their preconceptions are accurate some of the time, but things are never quite what they seem.
Theo takes you for an inside view of the wine industry.
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