LOWER CARBON FOOTPRINT WITH LIGHTER WINE BOTTLES Reducing the weight of wine bottles is a small but relatively easy way to reduce…
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VINTAGE CHAMPAGNE; IS IT WORTH THE PRICE? Vintage champagne is often talked about in much revered terms and the prices it can…
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A GUIDE TO THE WINES OF THE RHONE REGION AN OVERVIEW OF RHONE WINES This blog post on Rhône wines, the first…
2023 WINE DUTY CHANGES IN THE UK & WHAT THEY MEAN If you have been burying your head in the sand recently…
WHAT DOES ACIDITY IN WINE MEAN? This Wines With Attitude guide covers everything you need to know about acidity in wine – how you…
ALL ABOUT SAUVIGNON BLANC It is probably no surprise that Sauvignon Blanc features in the top 10 most planted wine grapes in…
ALL ABOUT TERROIR & HOW IT AFFECTS WINE Terroir is a much-used and much-debated term but what exactly does it mean? Some…
Riesling – love it or hate it? A GUIDE TO THE RIESLING GRAPE AND ITS WINES I have long been in two…
Why we celebrate with champagne With Valentine’s Day around the corner many wine merchants like me will recommend that you open a…
Why drink sweet wine with dessert? And which sweet wine? Celebrations like Birthdays, Mothers’ Day and Christmas are the perfect excuse to…
Guide to the Merlot grape and wines A guide to the Merlot grape and where it is grown, the characteristics of Merlot wine and…
Where is your wine really from? WINE PROVENANCE: CLUES TO LOOK FOR ON THE LABEL You may not pay too much attention…
Easter foods & wine The long Easter weekend is a great time for getting together with family and friends. It’s an excuse to celebrate after the long winter months and perhaps splash out…
Guide to Cabernet Franc & its wines A guide to the Cabernet Franc grape and where it is grown, the characteristics of…
7 tips for buying wine online We read frequent reports about how e-commerce in the UK is growing and that includes a…
All about the Pinot Noir grape & its wines Writing my wine blog post A Quick Guide to New Zealand’s Wines made my mouth…
Wine Competitions, medals & awards You will have seen numerous wine bottles on supermarket or wine shop shelves with shiny stickers indicating…
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Best Barbecue Wines The sun has not really shown its face much in the UK in summer 2024. But things are finally…
Biodynamic wine: is it better for you? Biodynamic wine remains an enigma to many people and not therefore a priority for most…
All about ice wine or Eiswein You may have heard of ice wine (also known as Eiswein or icewine) but you will…
Do old vines make better wines? Chances are you will have seen the term “Old Vine” or one of its foreign equivalent…
Fruit & Root days: do they affect how wine tastes? Have you ever wondered why some days a wine tastes great but…
Guide to rosé wine & the rise in premium rosé The ‘too pink, too girly and too sweet’ reputation that rosé wines…
Guide to tannins in wine Tannins in wine tend to have a bad press but is it justified? This blogpost takes a…
Guide to Tawny Port Ever wondered about the difference between ruby and tawny port? Ruby port seems to be more popular but tawny port is having…
Guide to the Chardonnay grape & Chardonnay wines I’ll show my hand upfront – I love a good Chardonnay but I know…
A guide to sulphites in wine What “Contains sulphites” on wine labels means Every year I pop into RAW, the natural wine…
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To decant or not to decant? That is the question… Often regarded as an old-fashioned, even somewhat pretentious practice, decanting wine has…
A guide to oaked and unoaked wine Many wine drinkers have a strong preference for either oaked wines or unoaked wines; people…
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Guide to the Semillon grape and wines Here I take a look at the Semillon or Sémillon grape and why it is,…
How & why our wine tastes change Think back to when you first started drinking wine – what was your preferred wine…
Organic wine I wrote a little about organic wine in my blog post on the differences between natural, organic & bio-dynamic wine…
The Shiraz / Syrah grape & wines Shiraz used to be very popular here in the UK but Syrah remained, and still…
Vegan & Vegetarian wine guide There is a lot of talk about vegan wine these days. You may wonder what all the…
Vinho verde: a perfect wine for summer Portugal is perhaps best known, wine-wise at least, for its fortified wine, port (about which…
Wine appellations & labels There seem to be an increasing number of letters on wine labels like AC, AOC, AP, AOP, DO,…
What colour can tell you about wine When drinking or tasting wine most people focus only on the smell and the…
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