Posted 19 June 2013
Today, I hosted my first wine tasting since moving jobs. The team volunteered me for the event, but I was very happy to oblige. They were happy to buy the wine for the tasting: the suggestion was for me to assign a country to them, then they bring an example wine along. However, because they wanted some “knowledge [...]
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Posted 19 June 2013
Today, I hosted my first wine tasting since moving jobs. The team volunteered me for the event, but I was very happy to oblige. They were happy to buy the wine for the tasting: the suggestion was for me to assign a country to them, then they bring an example wine along. However, because they wanted some “knowledge [...]
How do wine customers in the US and U...
Published 17 June 2012
When writing a recent post about the UK launch of Lot18, the American-based wine merchant, I started wondering how UK consumers differ from their US equivalent.
Here’s a few facts I’ve discovered:
Grape Types
The most popular grape types aren’t symmetrical, but they are quite similar: Chardonnay ranks #1 in both countri [...]
Laithwaites’ new wines from Tur...
Published 11 March 2012
At the end of February, I attended a gathering in the Laithwaites Wine store at Vinopolis (Stoney Street, London) to show off their new wines from Turkey, India, Georgia and Greece.
Although I’ve tasted some wines from these countries before, I’ve not had many; and those that I’ve had weren’t anything to write about. T [...]