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The taste of things to come
13 Dec 2005
Attendees What kind of tasting do you find the most useful and why? ‘Generic, both annual and special, as well as the LIWSF. It’s better to be focused on a single area or country. The LIWSF is good for networking...
View issue Harpers 9 December 2005
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Quintassential for the future
12 Dec 2005
A grandfather’s rusty old megaphone stuffed unceremoniously into the hedge of a quinta that had to be sold in the battle for survival – a poignant reminder of the bleak postwar years when the Port trade itself almost went under. But...
View issue Harpers 9 December 2005
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Hospital cases
02 Dec 2005
The significance of the 145th Hospices de Beaune auction on Saturday and Sunday 19–20 November was wider than that of its historic role as a predictor of the price trend for the most recent vintage. As in Bordeaux, so in Burgundy,...
View issue Harpers 2 December 2005
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Fighting back
02 Dec 2005
Nature morte automnale, one of the eight courses comprising the Burgundy Menu, was less auspicious than delicious as the signature dish of an event heralding The Renaissance of the French Vineyard. But the trompettes de la mort were savoured rather than...
View issue Harpers 2 December 2005
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Out with the old
02 Dec 2005
It has been quite a year for Scotch whisky. The category has been bogged down with issues such as tax stamps and legal definitions – both drawing attention away from the more important aspect of what’s in the bottle, not on...
View issue Harpers 2 December 2005
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Sweet little MStery
02 Dec 2005
In his book A Wine Journey Along the Russian River, Steve Heimoff refers to a comparative tasting of Alexander Valley and Napa Valley Cabernets, to which members of the Court of Master Sommeliers – ‘among the royalty of the wine-tasting world’...
View issue Harpers 2 December 2005
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FESTIVE FIZZ
25 Nov 2005
Selfridges will be stocking the Champagne Taittinger Cool-Air tube this Christmas. The tube, which has been created specially for Taittinger’s Brut Réserve NV Cuvée, keeps chilled bottles cool for up to four hours. The Cool-Air tube was developed by packaging company...
View issue Harpers 25th November 2005
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Fizz fights
25 Nov 2005
A Champagne price war between leading retailers is widely expected to be a major feature in the run-up to Christmas and the New Year in the UK off-trade. After two years in which the really deep price cuts have been largely...
View issue Harpers 25th November 2005
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Barring partners
25 Nov 2005
An increasing number of Champagne companies no longer want to be merely one of a number of bottles behind the bar and are choosing instead to sponsor a whole bar or at least affiliate their brand with a particular organisation. But...
View issue Harpers 25th November 2005
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Deseasonalise this!
18 Nov 2005
Christmas is coming. Festive aisles have sprung up in shops and supermarkets nationwide, while the drinks industry is rubbing its hands together in glee at the thought of all the bottles flying off the shelves to play their part in the...
View issue Harpers 18 November 2005
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