wine storage
Why Do We Mess Port Up In The UK?
One of the first things you’re told when you’re sat in your lecture room at WSET (wine exam board) HQ, eagerly waiting to tackle Port, is that most people in the UK drink it wrong. I’m not saying that they miss their mouth and tip it down their shirts, or that they stand on their …
Why Bother Build A Wine Collection?
I was flicking through the “wine” news this morning. One of the big bits of news out of the States this weekend was an auction of the wines of this bloke called Aubrey. He was a big swinger in the energy world who drove his car into a bridge and killed himself, not nice, …
Finding Somewhere To Put Your Wine
If you live in central London then you probably live in a flat. Unless you’ve won the lottery or you’ve got some ridiculous oil fund behind you that is. I don’t tick either of those boxes, so flat it is! Not that I mind. I’m one of those people that has to go round checking …
This Week On Please Bring Me My Wine
So the exam is done, the coursework is being printed and I’m whizzing that in tomorrow. Fingers and toes all crossed that’s me done for year 1 of the Diploma! Now I can get back to the easy bit of making a go of two start-up companies and getting my name out there in the …
Moody Teenagers and Grumpy Old Men
or An Intro Into Storing and Serving Wine Last weekend I went to a wine show at Lord’s cricket ground hosted by The Three Wine Men, which is the name a collection of notables in the UK wine world (Oz Clarke, Olly Smith, and Tim Aitkin) go by. It was aimed at wine punters/hobbyists, i.e. …