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Harpers debate: Thinking outside the box
01 Jun 2006
MOTION This House believes that whats on the outside of the bottle is more important than whats inside. THE PANEL Chairman: Christian Davis, editor, Harpers Proposers: Keith Lay, marketing director, Ehrmanns; Kevin Shaw, Stranger & Stranger Opposers: Robin Kinahan MW, director,...

View issue Harpers 2nd June 2006
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Generationext
01 Jun 2006
Twenty-five German producers (all with winemakers under 35 years old) from various regions will showcase their wines mainly Riesling, but also other regional grape varieties at this event. ...

View issue Harpers 2nd June 2006
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Hitting new heights
01 Jun 2006
Israel is a New World wine producer in one of the oldest wine regions on earth. In this country no bigger than Wales, there is a curious combination of the new, old and ancient worlds of winemaking. ...

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Added spice
25 May 2006
Allegedly, chicken tikka marsala is our new national dish. True or not, its a good conversational poppadum to snap over a masala dosa. What is certainly true is that the South Asian restaurant industry is a well-established part of the modern...

View issue Harpers 26th May 2006
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Raising the bar
25 May 2006
Its easy to conclude that hiring an external wine list consultant is purely for the restauranteur with more money than sense. How hard can it be to write a wine list after all? ...

View issue Harpers 26th May 2006
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See and be seen
18 May 2006
Having just returned from the London International Wine & Spirits Fair, probably the last thing you want to think about is another exhibition. But MiWine, which claims to showcase the finest spirits and wine makers throughout Italy as well as exhibitors...

View issue Harpers 19th May 2006
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The mail man
18 May 2006
Its a bit complicated interviewing Patrick Bernard. You talk to this very affable, very charming man for whom wine is a third career and you realise that the second career, which was in the family brandy company, is still part...

View issue Harpers 19th May 2006
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Eastern efforts
18 May 2006
The more I travel across Eastern and southeastern Europe, the more amazing I find it that countries geographically so close can be so vastly different in their cultures and in their wine industries. Each of these countries has its own distinct...

View issue Harpers 19th May 2006
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Need to know
18 May 2006
The market research profession gets a bit of a mixed press. First, the good news: thanks to advances in technology, it has never been easier to gather views on the products individuals buy and consume. ...

View issue Harpers 19th May 2006
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Never raining
11 May 2006
Across many northern hemisphere countries, the 2005 vintage was exceptionally dry, while a few had the opposite problem. Harpers rounds up the most important harvest reports from an already much-hyped year ...

View issue Harpers 12th May 2006
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