They laughed when I sat down at the piano but when I started to play…
Late at night after the guest’s had left is when I did my greatest work. The dregs in the bottles […]
On Tasting
A Classic Wine Tasting
Compulsory confinement has turned me back to some re-reading of old favourites and this delight today as Evelyn Waugh had
The Curious Case of Wine Communicators
I recall, in the 1980s a group of Sydney based P.R., advertising-marketing types, and the few journalists that wrote about
Concentrate, smell, taste then begin with a positive remark
Let’s talk wine tasting. Are you aware there are two types of wine experts, and they seldom have identical opinions?
Trends from the 1980s have produced entrenched groups – please avoid
For decades I have watched how those promoting and selling wine in Australia have grouped over subjective issues as diverse
Critics and opinions abound but what help are they?
I like to drink a few glasses before deciding to buy a parcel of wine. Experience has taught me that
How curious the many wishing to explain wine to you and I
Reading ‘Evans on Earth’ (Lothian press 1992) a biography of Len Evans set off reflections on how the wine business
Is Zero the Future of Wine?
Wimbledon reminds me of the greatest ever squash player, Heather Blundell who did not lose a match from 1962 to
Drinking Widely to Drink Well
There are no rules to wine. Drink what you like. Drink widely. The only wine to reject is a faulty
