Never understood cricket, and I refuse to believe that a game where the players stop for tea half way through could be considered a spectator’s sport. I can remember whacking a cricket ball when I was a kid, and I remember enjoying it, so I’m not suggesting [...] 
I thought that I'd get my love for wine back from a couple of Burgundies, and cracked open a 1997 and 2006 Gevrey Chambertin from Louis Jadot, and immediately wished I'd opened something else! 
I appreciate that there is a sense of irony in that I have owned many cars during my 31 years of existence, yet only passed my driving test a few months ago, but since I have been able to drive, and have had a car, I have [...] 
Neil Sedaka was a wise man. He wrote the immortal words “Breaking up is hard to do” in a song of the same title, and as anyone who has broken up with someone knows, it is hard to do, no matter which side of the dumping [...] 
With a background in Pharmacy Science, he left his first career behind in 1988 and moved his family to the Willamette Valley in Oregon to make wine. Between then and 2003, when he joined Dick Erath in Dundee, he held numerous posts at various wine establishments and [...] 
YOU WILL NOT MAKE MONEY IN WHISKY! You may be the greatest salesman on earth, but the fact is that if you buy yourself a cask of whisky and keep it for a decade, you won’t be able to get it bottled and sell it to [...] 
Sorry there hasn’t been any posts this week, I’ve had a cold for the past two days and I have noticed that the reactions from people have been interesting. Most men have immediately jumped to making jokes of me having chicken or swine flu, whereas most [...] 
It is on days like this, I like my job... a lot! I try a lot of wines, am fortunate to get to experience some outstanding wines, but one of the things that gives me the most pleasure is when I find a wine that doesn't' [...] 
The Booze Death Calculator - a website that allows you to calculate how much alcohol it would take to kill you in 3 hours. What did they ever think this would do except challenge people to 'defy death'?
I don’t like doing this blog sometimes. Sometimes I like wines made or sold by people who I’d gladly put to the front of the queue when the Grim Reaper comes a-calling, and have to say that these wines are spectacular. And similarly, sometimes I dislike [...] 
Wine writer Martin Isark is currently suing Majestic Wine for using one of his tasting notes. He claims that that the company used his tasting note without his permission and on the wrong vintage. Obviously, putting the note on the wrong vintage is not accurate, [...] 
The name Hardy is synonymous with Australian wine, and in 1977 Geoff Hardy joined his family’s 125 year old wine business. Three years later however, he co-purchased the Pertaringa vineyard in the McLaren Vale and a decade later he started planting vines in the Kuitpo Vineyard. [...] 
Apologies, I’m going to have a rant. Again!
I was watching Wine Library TV a few nights ago and Gary Vaynerchuk did a blind tasting of Chardonnay, so, gaining inspiration from this, I decided to do one myself. Five wines, range of prices, range of countries, one glass and a spittoon. Go!
As nobody can afford fancy restaurants, the theatre or even a movie ticket anymore, people are still looking for alternative methods of entertainment, and libraries are seeing an increase in people taking books home to keep themselves occupied in the evening. They are also having [...] 
In case you haven't ventured into the bar on the right hand side of the screen, you might not be familiar with The Tasting Note's Tasting Notes. A separate blog which contains nothing but tasting notes of drink that is tried. 
Campari are trying to sex up their old product with advertising involving Salma Hayek, but it doesn't appear to be working! Her obvious assets aren't enough to get people consuming this bitter drink, but mixed in a cocktail and it could be a different story altogether. [...] 
Have you ever heard of a chap called Walter James? He was born in 1896 and died in 1982, was a British peer, author and Olympic rowing silver medallist in the 1920 games. Still doesn’t ring any bells? Well he contributed a phrase to the English [...] 
I have a guilty secret. I like listening to Radio 2. I know where this comes from, it was my misspent youth listening to Radio 1 in the eighties, and, twenty years on, the DJs from Radio1 have been shipped off to the sister station. Part [...] 
Three American wines, none of which scored above 5/10. Not what you want to be tasting first thing in the morning, but taste I did.
