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Figure-hugging vintage
11 May 2006
The obsession with numbers seems to be taking another regrettable twist with the latest Bordeaux vintage. As well as points and prices, we now have a raft of technical data that is pushing up both of these, in ways that we...
View issue Harpers 12th May 2006
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The City
11 May 2006
You can almost hear the anguish in London and Paris as Diageo and Pernod Ricard, the world’s largest wines and spirits companies, watch the dollar plunging in value. Their next set of results will contain the almost habitual caveat that they...
View issue Harpers 12th May 2006
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Vinously speaking
11 May 2006
Recently I re-read a notebook of mine from 1993, when I first tried writing tasting notes. These stuttering notes were laughable: I could barely muster a sentence. While readers may debate the relative merits of my current notes, one thing is...
View issue Harpers 12th May 2006
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Perplexed by Parker’s points
09 May 2006
The news of Robert Parker’s scores for the 2005 vintage spread like wildfire across the world, sending Bordeaux into a mixture of joy, confusion and, in some cases, outrage – but I am perplexed by some of Parker’s opinions. ...
View issue Harpers 5th May 2006
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South Africa short on goodwill
09 May 2006
I am currently residing in East Anglia, where I am working my passage in the wine business. As a resident of South Africa I am enjoying the opportunity of being able to buy some great European wines, while at the same...
View issue Harpers 5th May 2006
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Champagne Agents respond to criticism
09 May 2006
I write following our review of the 13th Annual Champagne Tasting at the last Champagne Agents’ Association Committee meeting, and in response to various comments and articles in the press, not least Tom Stevenson’s ‘London fizzically challenged’ (Harpers, 21 April). ...
View issue Harpers 5th May 2006
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Uncorked Don’t be wrong metatarsal-ed
09 May 2006
All I can hear as I sit and write this are various discussions about what formation England football manager Sven Göran Ericksson should adopt now that he is likely to be without Wayne Rooney, the prodigiously and precociously talented Manchester United...
View issue Harpers 5th May 2006
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The unsung heroes
09 May 2006
The London International Wine and Spirits Fair can be a trauma for Italian wine lovers. When you see how hidden away the Italian exhibitors are, you feel almost ashamed for the Bel Paese. The stands seem drab and lifeless, and you...
View issue Harpers 5th May 2006
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The Analyst
05 May 2006
Neil Beckett takes an in-depth look at the multi-award-winning wine list at The Vineyard at Stockcross, and finds that rare combination of the very best of Old and New World wines. ...
View issue Harpers 28 April 2006
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Wheels within wheels
16 Mar 2006
Sunday Times motoring journalist Jeremy Clarkson likes South Africa, and not only because it’s ‘one of the best driving countries anywhere on earth’. Following his recent trip here to review the Jaguar XK convertible, he waxes truly lyrical: ‘For 30 years...
View issue Harpers 17 March
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