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Rethinking Riesling - the grape I was wrong about.
About 8 years ago I went to my first formal wine tasting. I was given a voucher for Birmingham Wine School for a birthday present. I did a one day WSET Level 1 wine course. That’s what really sparked my serious interest in wine. Learning a few very basic things around climate, grape variety and styles started to formalise 20 odd years of unofficial learning. I knew what I liked and I thought I knew what I didn’t like. But I didn’t really know why. I liked Chianti because it w
Rupert
Nov 21, 20254 min read
Pass the Porto
I’ve had a fondness for Portuguese wines for years. Port at Christmas is one of my earliest wine memories as my dad has always opened a...
Rupert
May 21, 20255 min read
Try January?
Happy New Year. It's been a while since my last post, which I think was just after the summer holidays. A lot has happened since then....
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Jan 11, 20254 min read
Land of The Leopard
With all this horrible wet weather, I’ve been spending a fair bit of time looking back on holiday snaps from the summer. We spent two...
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Sep 26, 20244 min read
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