"I believe in wine with terroir, and I believe in wine that has a story behind it," says Paulo Laureano with a smile in his cheerful Australian-accented English, as I walk inside the BL Lounge restaurant. It is a modern, yet laid-back place in the wine resort town of Evora, with a sleek looking bar in contrast to the more traditional restaurant white-washed walls and a wooden beam ceiling.
Read more...A few thoughts on why I won't be going dry for January.
Read more...Di Siprio ... sparkling and fine wines from well capitalized new winery in Abruzzo.
Read more...A brief look at the sales and trends throughout the month of December at Hennings Wine Chichester.
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Curious for an "insider's view" of one of the largest Champagne Houses in Epernay?
Read more...Answer quickly - what was the secret to Nicolas Ruinart's success in founding Ruinart Champagne in 1729?
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Settle in to Boxing Day in the capable hands of Jerry Lockspeiser of Off Piste Wines as he looks back on his good and bad memories of 2013 and his hopes and fears for 2014.
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The message I heard being yelled at wine businesses more than any other this year was 'Wake up to Social Media'. For anyone interested in communicating with consumers it's got to be at the centre of company and brand marketing plans for 2014. Or has it?
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A recurring theme at the recent Wine Vision Conference was that the wine industry needed to improve its marketing. We are too production oriented: we don't really understand the consumer. If we have heard it once we have heard it a thousand times and I'd be surprised if anyone in the room in fact disagreed with the message.
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Jean-Claude Van Damme demonstrating Volvo trucks = 60 million hits on You Tube.
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No wine horror stories here.... Just two clarets and a Jimmy... This year has been our year for letting wine escape from our cellar. We have found that we were squirrelling away our wines and not appreciating them as we intended when we purchased them a decade or so ago. While the red wine flowed, so too did the conversation - as if we had caught up just the other day rather than too many years ago. These were the wines that kept the topics rolling in our early Christmas catch up.
Read more...I nearly had a Slovenian wine last night....
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Imagine for a moment that Champagne does not exist. The sparkling wine market is dominated by cava and prosecco with competition from the New World. Consumers are accustomed to affordable, well made but largely uninspiring sparkling wines.
Read more..."It is not difficult to produce a premium wine," says Angelo Ruzzi, export manager for Cantina Zaccagnini, a magnificent wine estate in the Bolognano region of Abruzzo, a very remote area with soaring snow-capped mountains all around. "It is much more difficult to produce a value wine. "
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Exciting visit to Emile Pepe winery in Abruzzo, where antique methods of production rule.
Read more...Everyone reach that moment in life that you are looking for something special. It is like searching for the Holy Grail. Does it exist? But what is it? Where do you find it? Below I tell you the story of how two very different loves were found.
Read more...An insight into a day at the International Wine Challenge.
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What does a Long Slow Comfortable Screw Up Against The Wall have in common with Plutonium?
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The grape is taking on new importance in the Italian wine region of Abruzzo, with a new accent on quality.
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Curious about the activities leading up to the successful Hospieces de Beaune auction 2013? For the second year in a row bidding reached a fever pitch, raising more than six million Euros for charity.
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