Wine marketing: don’t mistake choice for preference
A frequent error made by marketeers is mistaking choice for preference. What do I mean by this? As a consumer,
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At Staffelter Hof in the Mosel, Jan-Matthias Klein has taken a bet on resistant varieties, vitisforestry and natural wine, and it’s working out
As part of the Porto Protocol Living Vineyards tour 2025, I visited Staffelter Hof, a winery looking to produce a
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Amphora wine day, celebrating wines made in clay, part 2
Here I’m writing up all the Portuguese wines tried at the amphora wine day at Rocim, November 2025. Arvad, Algarve,
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Amphora wine day, celebrating wines made in clay, part 1
Each year Herdade do Rocim host an amphora wine day, bringing together wineries from around the world who make wine
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Goode’s Crib Sheets No. 2 – Central Otago Pinot Noir
I remember the first time I tried Pinot Noir from Central Otago. It was at a tasting in London back
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Yarra Valley (8) Luke Lambert
Website: https://www.lukelambertwines.com.au/ Luke makes wine from the northern part of the Yarra where the soils are granite with granitic sand.
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Yarra Valley (7) Timo Meyer
Website: https://timomayer.com.au/ Timo Meyer originally came from Germany, but for a long time now he’s been making some of the
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Yarra Valley (6) Mac Forbes Wines
Website: https://macforbes.com/ Mac Forbes made his name as winemaker with the late John Middleton at Mount Mary in the Yarra
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10 Years of Rotters Towers, with food from Vantre (Paris) and lots of Beaujolais
Each year Noble Rot Lambs Conduit Street celebrate Beaujolais Nouveau day in style, inviting a guest chef or restaurant to
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North Canterbury, New Zealand (4) Bryter Later
Third stop was another new producer for me: Australian James Opie has a hospitality background and loves music, and makes
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