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The man who invented luxury Champagne

Five wine(ish) things for mid-week

The curious tale of The Chablis Shagger

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something to go to, nothing blue.

Super Claret

Wine customers are like oranges. They come in segments

Memes, conversations, Armenia, great value, and #stemwatch

Nobody ever apologises for not knowing enough about cheese

For two days a month, we're all millionaires

Did Joshua Bell explain the value of wine?

"Gen Z" is the new "Millennials"

A waste of passionate intensity

In wine it pays to ask weird questions

Getting to "no"

Red wine with cheese? You revolt me.

More lies and damn statistics

An exclusive post on what makes things exclusive

Wine drinkers lie to you... a reminder

On wine and handbags

Which grape is "evil in the mouth"?

The "very rare trait" that makes you successful

The wine drinker is not a "consumer". She's your mum

The (late) Queen's favourite Bordeaux Blend

Do you need a trust fund to drink wine?

Second wines, not second best

What Google image searches get wrong about wine lovers

You don't have to be mad to make Swedish wine...

Big Bank Holiday Wine Trivia Quiz

Clapter is a curse on wine communication

What wine goes with pickled egg soufflé?

A better way (for wineries) to describe wine

Wine marketing... is there a better way?

The #bekind case for wine snobbery

Bald Heads and Beards

The 17th July

Side gigs, former lives, and curiosities

Vinfluencing... "a cruel, cruel practice"?

On Useful Tasting Notes

Why you should drink claret on 4th July

Why "that" beautiful picture doesn't work

What's the future of wine technology?

On the wrong experts

The Ramble

On Habsburg Wine Writing

90 mins to the mixer

Paid subscriber wine mixers

Never forget taste has two meanings

Wine’s sustainable algebra = fail

What will your wine look like in the future?

We don't lie. But we don't tell the truth

"That" article in The Daily Mail is wrong - food and wine matching matters

The Ministry of Silly Robes

I hope my rosé is Millennial Pink. I also hope it isn’t

What do you serve with an "Allumette Hollandaise"?

Queen Camilla's Grandfather - and you

Should you buy Bordeaux en primeur?

Today is The Internet's "Victor Meldrew Point"

Fauxhemians lay siege to the Hipsters' temple

Left Bank and Right Bank

On "Bicycle Day" and wine

On #stemwatch and sh*tting

Bordeaux and the Belgians

The siren song of Notes

Wine critics are like lavatory paper

The red-trousered oenophilist

We all age. Some better than others.

Once more with feeling

Chairman Mao was wrong. The revolution was a dinner party

Cabernet Sauvignon and DNA

Google tells lies about wine drinkers. The truth is on Gogglebox

Dionysus is blind, but Narcissus is on television

Barrels and oak

Stereotypes are unhelpful. Much like (wine) labels

£350 Champagne “demystifies category” say launch invitees

Three Vicars and a Therapist

Claret and Class – a British Diversion

Most wine writing is already automated. By humans.

Bordeaux is the original English wine region

The Wine Anatomist

Desert Island Claret – an addendum

Why Americans don't cook fish

Am Claret, will travel

It’s a fight between Celebrity Wines and the IYI’s. The Celebrities win

#names

Why do experts disdain the wine drinking pubic?

To write about wine, first you must live it

“Goes with elephant”

Younger people are turning away from wine. It's caused by everyone worrying about younger people turning away from wine.

Beauty is in the eye of the glass holder