Blue Stone Vineyard, Wicklow? Soils and wine.
It is impossible to establish any correlation between quality of wine and the soil content of any nutritive element... if there were such a correlation it would be easy, with the appropriate chemical...
View ArticleWhat’s in a title? Mother, wine merchant, educator?
In hopeful anticipation of two of the most important initials in wine...
View ArticleWine education, a tool in your tasting.
Our relationship with wine is a journey. A long windy road that seems to narrow as we progress, excluding simpler less interesting wines, seeking more serious scintillating sustenance.
View Article“Not guilty”, the plea of SO2
Ever felt like the world is against you, no one is on your side, you’re even doubting yourself? Try being the gaseous chemical compound Sulphur Dioxide. A useful if not vital part of wine preservation,...
View ArticleHarriet Tindal MW – At last!
I’ve always been open about my ambitions to become a Master of Wine (MW). Five years ago these were rubbished over the chink of glasses and gentle banter swooshing round a crowded tasting room of MWs...
View ArticleWine bacteria. More important than yeast?
Last week I nipped over to London for the day to attend the latest in a series of talks from Yeast developers Lallemand at the Institute of Masters of Wine. The on-going discussions over Sulphur...
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