Cheers, if you’re having just one bottle, a dip from Georges Simenon’s doctor’s recommendations of two bottles of red a day. Let’s see, 50cl for breakfast, 50cl for lunch and of course a full bottle with dinner. Meanwhile, Maigret carries on with his duties – details at the Times Literary Supplement.
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Recommending: Brussels is a good wine competition
I very much like this reflective post by British writer Louise Hurren on her recent experience as a judge at the Brussels wine competition, one of the major ones. It’s not just for wine professionals, but for anyone who wonders how some wines end being selected as winners. I like her attitude, the way she […]
Mondial du Merlot in red?
I was sitting in a peaceful room a couple weeks ago, old paintings on the walls, high ceilings, a view of the Alps outside. I was blind tasting Merlot wine as one of the judges at the Mondial des Merlots. But what, if an Oxford professor suggests, we had opera playing in the background, or […]
No drunks allowed (no problem)!
This is one of the stranger antidotes to drunkenness that’s come my way, and I’m still musing – does it make sense? Would I want to do it? What’s the logic here? Esquire has a blog on how to drink all night and not get drunk, by Aaron Goldfarb. It’s well-written and fun and very […]
Swiss wine consumption: new figures spark reactions
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss Wine Promotion, the marketing arm of the Swiss wine industry, is the latest to comment on the figures released last week by the Federal Agriculture Office, showing that Swiss wines have gained more market share at home, to the detriment of foreign wines. The SWP office in a statement points to […]