Argie Bargie
01 Jun 2006
A few years ago, writers commenting on Australian wine always referred to the largest producers – such as Hardys, Rosemount and Penfold’s – when discussing the country’s export marketing strategy. ...

View issue Harpers 2nd June 2006

Uncorked: Bringing on the bad times?
25 May 2006
There was a pause during the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) seminar at the wine trade fair last week when Stewart Blunt of market researchers AC Nielsen stated that their latest MATs (moving annual totals) showed that growth in off-trade...

View issue Harpers 26th May 2006

We’ll take wine over design
25 May 2006
Despite the best efforts of marketing and design gurus, the audience at this year’s Harpers debate were unconvinced that what’s outside the bottle is more important than what’s inside. ...

View issue Harpers 26th May 2006

Spurrier defends ’76 Paris tasting ‘celebration’
25 May 2006
I am astounded that you published the letter from François Mauss regarding the 30th anniversary of the 1976 Paris Tasting (Harpers 12 May) without bothering to contact the person who organised the tasting in 1976, and who is organising the tasting...

View issue Harpers 26th May 2006

On the town: Mango Tree, 46 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7E
25 May 2006
Spending a Monday night in a party atmosphere with free-flowing cocktails and Thai-style canapés, while watching a Thai fashion show and traditional dance display, is a surreal experience. ...

View issue Harpers 26th May 2006

The Analyst
25 May 2006
‘Real food and fine wines’ may be the boast of gastropubs up and down the land, but few will deliver as fully on the promise as The House. ...

View issue Harpers 26th May 2006

Uncorked: New faces and ‘New’ Europe
18 May 2006
Just as we have started to come to terms with Dan Jago, formerly of Bibendum, taking on the role of category director for beers, wines and spirits at Tesco, we hear that Sainsbury‘s has a new business unit director – a...

View issue Harpers 19th May 2006

New World good...
18 May 2006
You will recall what happened, that final twist in the porcine tail, in Orwell’s Animal Farm? The pigs ended up becoming the spitting image of the oppressive humans the rest of the animals sacrificed everything to resist. A similar irony is...

View issue Harpers 19th May 2006

Cool chronicles
18 May 2006
Dotted with marine fossils and rugged limestone outcrops, the other-worldly terrain of the Waitaki formed one of the dramatic backdrops in the recent Narnia film. Back in reality, this landscape of limestone and north-facing slopes is starting to shape wines from...

View issue Harpers 19th May 2006

Uncorked - Make the most of it
11 May 2006
A dodgy Chilean peso, a windy rand, gluts in Australia, complete inertia in Argentina and revolting winemakers in southern France. With the possible notable exception of California (see profile on Joe Gallo - Harpers 12th May), it seems that the London...

View issue Harpers 12th May 2006