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Forwards and upwards

22-03-2012 | By: Chris Losh | Category: Opinions Business Wines

A lonely battle, with duty nearly doubled in a decade » More

Taster, tutor and judge

Natural's not enough

06-01-2012 | By: Peter McCombie | Category: Tastings Opinions Wines

My problem starts with the quasi-religious, high moral ground that its fans claim » More

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The customer is always...wrong?

25-07-2011 | By: Chris Losh | Category: Opinions Service Sherry Venues

When service doesn't stand up to the setting » More

Wine & Bread

Apparently it is English Wine Week.

02-06-2011 | By: Garry Clark | Category: England Opinions Wines

What are you doing for English Wine Week? Well probably not much because i will bet that you probably had no idea. » More

From food to wine

Is Pinot Grigio really the new Chablis? I hope not

22-02-2011 | By: Christine Parkinson | Category: Opinions Wines

I was in a smart hotel lounge the other day, the sort where wine and snacks are free. The white wine happened to be Chablis:quite a result, I thought » More

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It's open

17-02-2011 | By: Chris Losh | Category: Opinions Business Service Wines

Can of worms, Pandora’s box... whatever you want to call it, deciding to write about BYO earlier this month kicked off a fair bit of comment from within the trade » More

A master of wine lists

Wine complaint

14-02-2011 | By: Ronan Sayburn | Category: Opinions People Service Wines

The other day we had a complaint about wine service in one of our hotels, to be honest this is quite rare but i rang the customer to find out what had happened... » More

The spirit of wine

Groundhog Day

09-02-2011 | By: Mark Deamer | Category: Tastings Opinions Events Wines Australia

Australia day tasting came upon us again. anyone remember when it was exciting? Remember when there were lots of smaller producers? Remember when the winemakers used to think it important to attend? » More

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Marking up

28-01-2011 | By: Chris Losh | Category: Opinions Business Service Wines

I’ve had a few sommeliers call me up in varying states of fury and dismay over the last few weeks to point out an article pointing the finger at restaurant wine mark-ups that appeared in Decanter » More

The spirit of wine

A New Year. Out With The Old and in with the.........Old

16-01-2011 | By: Mark Deamer | Category: Opinions Business Wines

When you are putting your next wine list together, how many of those wines will actually be new? Is the golden age of wine choice dead? » More

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Hasta la vista baby

12-01-2011 | By: Chris Losh | Category: Tastings Matching Opinions Wines

The idea of a ‘robo-nose’ might be a step too far, but there’s something to be said for using technology in food and wine matching » More

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Where condors dare...

10-12-2010 | By: Chris Losh | Category: Chile Opinions Wines

I loathe winter in Britain, and I’m not the only one » More

HK House

Grapes Are Not the Only Fruit

17-11-2010 | By: Chee Hui | Category: Other mixers & soft drinks Opinions Wines

It’s not just wines that are carefully blended for balance and structure » More

From food to wine

Sugar and spice?

09-11-2010 | By: Christine Parkinson | Category: Germany Matching Opinions Events Wines

Hardly anyone ever orders dessert wine with their main course, however much producers might wish it. But what about wines that are not “stickies”, but do have lots of residual sugar? » More

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Science Friction

04-11-2010 | By: Chris Losh | Category: Opinions Wines

An attempt to explain minerality reminds me why I flunked chemistry at school » More

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