Matthew Gaughan's personal tribute to California's wines of Paso Robles
Paso Robles is a wild area between San Francisco and Los Angeles, but largely disconnected from the rest of California. Traditional outlaw territory, it still feels like a great place to hide from the...
View ArticleAvril Tooley on the advertising challenges and opportunities for dark spirits...
From its invention in the 17th century gin has always had a murky reputation. Poor quality grain and low prices led to a virtual epidemic of extreme drunkenness. In fact, the impact was so great that...
View ArticleBulk wine: New Zealand reaching 'event horizon' says Justin Knock MW
New Zealand’s wine industry is about to reach an “event horizon”, says Justin Knock MW. Read more about what’s going on in the “truly global market for bulk wine”. Warning: it’s not pretty.
View ArticleChristian Holthausen: why wineries must take "digital" and social media...
Fostering legitimate cultural understanding between the world’s wineries and the world’s digital wine community is now more important than ever - and both sides have a responsibility to bring this to...
View ArticleStephen Forward: why fine wine prices won’t recover anytime soon
It doesn’t matter how much you flog it, the horse is dead! I’m talking of course about wine investment. We’re unlikely to see this mule recover its losses anytime soon.
View ArticleWill Beck: why there is plenty of life - and money - in wine investment
I read Stephen Forward’s article entitled “It’s time wine investment was consigned to the history books” with interest, not so much because I am a partner at a FCA authorised asset management company...
View ArticleJerry Lockspeiser: can you drink as much as you like and stay healthy?
“I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning that’s as good as they are going to feel all day”. Frank Sinatra quoted in the book.
View ArticleTescoGate: what suppliers can do if unfairly treated by Tesco or any other...
Suppliers who feel aggrieved at their treatment at the hands of any major retailer can take action now by complaining to the Groceries Supply Code of Practice adjudicator, writes wine trade lawyer...
View ArticleAlistair Morrell on how to grow a wine business in the UK
Where do you go if you want to grow a wine business in the UK?
View ArticleGeoffrey Dean finds the key to modern Portugese Vinho Verde wines
Vinho Verde has come along way since its Peninsular War origins. This lush, green and mountainous appellation, first demarcated in 1908, makes up 18% of Portuguese output and has 101 export markets, of...
View ArticleRoger Jones gets ready for a wine tour of New Zealand with a new release...
In the first of a series of articles for Harpers.co.uk, as he travels across New Zealand hosting culinary and wine events and visiting many of the country’s top wineries, Roger Jones of the...
View ArticleRoger Jones finds damaging frost and elegant wines at New Zealand's Kumeu...
Based in the Kumeu wine region some 30 minutes from Auckland, this world renown Chardonnay producer was hit by frost over the weekend which destroyed part of one of their vineyards. A freak overnight...
View ArticleJerry Lockspeiser on why we could all do our bit to help in fight against ebola
The Millione wine brand is a social business started by myself, Cliff Roberson and Mike Paul. All profits are used to build primary schools in Sierra Leone. Four schools have been running successfully...
View ArticleMatthew Gaughan enjoys celebrating Pinot Noir with Sonoma winemakers
This past Sunday, as winemakers wound down from this year’s condensed harvest, the well-to-do Sonoma town of Healdsburg hosted the annual Pinot on the River festival, a celebration of the region’s...
View ArticleRoger Jones continues his Kiwi tour by discovering "hidden secrets" of Gisborne
Roger Jones continues his wine and gastronomic tour of New Zealand with a trip to Gisborne:
View ArticleRoger Jones flies his way to Hawkes Bay
An innocent question by the young pilot may possibly have confused both of us, ‘what are you like flying in small planes Mr Jones?’ I answered no problem thinking he was asking if I was comfortable...
View ArticleTrademark disputes: Star Wars' owner disputes Empire Strikes Bock Beer
The drinks industry is renowned for its playful and sometimes tongue-in-cheek branding but businesses can wind up in legal disputes if they overstep the mark. Stuart Whitwell considers: where is the...
View ArticleRichard Siddle: what sort of community do you hang out in?
They say you can tell a lot about someone by the company they keep. Or the sort of people they like to hang out with. The thought crossed my mind at last weekend’s Digital Wine Communications...
View ArticleGuy Woodard: even Champagne has a lot to learn about consumers
Comedian and writer David Mitchell is among the more perceptive columnists for the once great Observer, so it was with interest that I read his piece on how the taste of Champagne doesn’t matter. When...
View ArticleTim Atkin: why consumers could fall out of love with Marlborough Sauvignon...
Some milestones make you think. Next year will be the 30th anniversary of the founding of Cloudy Bay, one of the most successful wine brands ever, and a label that helped to launch an entire region.
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