Jun 14, 2011 Posted by Chris

What’s wrong with the wine trade?

The basic idea for this post first popped into my head while sitting in an industry briefing at this year’s London International Wine Fair. The briefing was titled ‘It is the best of times, it is the worst of times’ and included a panel of UK industry experts who aired their views on the current situation in the market. The panel was made up of some seasoned wine industry heavyweights.... read more

Jan 19, 2011 Posted by Chris

Less wine education. More wine conversation.

Education. Wine education, that is. Wine producers and wine lovers seem to have a divine inspiration to educate the great vinous unwashed on the ins and outs of malolactic fermentation, cold soaking and methoxypyrazines at every turn. The rationale seems to be that because someone happens to enjoy drinking wine, they want to know every detail of how it is made. Education is claimed to demystify wine and... read more