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New to wine: grape varieties (1) Sauvignon Blanc

As we have discussed here before, there are two ways of understanding wine: the grapes and the geography. So let’s

You don’t have to hang around wine circles too long to hear talk of ‘yields’, and generally, the sentiment is

Continuing my ‘new to wine’ series with an introduction to Bordeaux, in southwest France. We’ve discussed already that there are

When we taste wine, we aren’t acting as measuring devices Before we get to look at wine in detail, please

There are two rather different ways to approach wine. Both are needed. Continuing in my somewhat meandering journey into wine,

It sounds a bit silly instructing people how to drink wine. I’m assuming that most people are familiar with the

Take a good sniff of your wine. We get a lot of information from our noses in tasting. In fact,

I once went to a lecture by an eminent philosopher who also happened to be a bit of a wine

I’ve talked in earlier ‘new to wine’ articles about how to approach wine tasting, and what the ‘nose’ of a

One of the keys to being able to make sense of wine is understanding that there are two different ways