Harpers' leader - Sunshine and showers
08 Sep 2006
Standing in a billowing marquee last Sunday at the English Wine and Regional Food Festival made me wonder about all this talk of global warming. ...

View issue 8 September 2006

The Sicilian paradox
08 Sep 2006
Sicily’s wine industry has been transformed in the past 20 years, but has it changed for the better, ask Nicolas Belfrage MW and Franco Ziliani ...

View issue 8 September 2006

The Australian Wine Research Institute refutes Paul White's 'Scientifically Speaking' feature in Harpers' Closures supplement in December 2005
31 Aug 2006
Professor Sakkie Pretorius says: In this letter I do not intend to enter into a detailed critical review of the article. Rather, this response addresses passages from the article that are factually incorrect, or which use incomplete AWRI data which, used...

View issue Harpers 1 September 2006

A positive challenge by Jeremey Beadles, chief executive of the Wine & Spirit Trade Association
31 Aug 2006
Earlier this summer, there was a glimmer of hope that alcohol-related issues were slipping down the government’s agenda. After the relative non-event of the World Cup (in both alcohol-related disorder and sporting terms), ministers seemed to be looking elsewhere for policy...

View issue Harpers 1 September 2006

Points means prices – Neil Beckett commenting on fine wine
31 Aug 2006
I’m a bad salesman,’ announced Noël Pinguet, Gaston Huet’s son-in-law, who has been in charge of the great Vouvray estate for the past 30 years. ...

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Harpers' leader: Foster’s – never rains but pours
31 Aug 2006
At the time of going to press (Wednesday, 30 August due to bank holiday) – I hate using that expression because it means the story may well be out of date by the time you read this, thus instead of appearing...

View issue Harpers 1 September 2006

You’re spoiling us
24 Aug 2006
Those wine writers who failed to respond to the invitation from the Ambassador of Luxembourg to attend a tasting of his country’s wines at his house in Wilton Crescent this past June missed the most entertaining event of its kind so...

View issue Harpers 25 August 2006

Len Evans RIP
23 Aug 2006
We had such an overwhelming response to our request for comments about and tributes to Len Evans, who died last week, that we decided to hold over another feature and give over two and a half pages to this pioneer and...

View issue Harpers 25 August 2006

Wines in the Weekly Press
21 Aug 2006
Jefford drools over Argentine Malbec; MacQuitty feels gamey; Atkin meets the ‘last of the Mohicans’ in Rioja; Goode looks at lower-alcohol wines; and Ehrlich and Simon discuss cynical pricing. Christian Davis reviews the reviews ...

View issue Harpers 25 August 2006

Daring to dream
10 Aug 2006
When was the last time you sold a bottle of Australian fortified wine? Or the last time you treated yourself to a cheeky glass of luscious Rutherglen Muscat at the end of a fine restaurant meal? When, for that matter, was...

View issue Harpers 11 August 2006