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Riedel: Can you really taste the difference?

In a word, yes! I was recently lucky enough to attend a tasting at Vinopolis lead by Maximilian Riedel, CEO of Riedel Crystal of America and the 11th generation

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A Tasting Trip to the Rhône Valley – Vintage 2008

Last week, I headed off to the Rhône Valley, Languedoc and Provence, starting in Côte Rôtie and descending upon the beautiful and unusual Hérault Valley

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New Masters of Wine

I do not know of a club that is harder to get into than the Institute of Masters of Wine (except perhaps Whites if you are female). For once

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Parched pitches

I don’t want to be a “sour puss” but notwithstanding England’s victory at the Oval I couldn’t help harping back to those days when we didn’t win the Ashes.

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The Billionaire's Vinegar

Eat your hearts out, you thriller writers. My holiday read has been Benjamin Wallace’s extraordinary The Billionaire’s Vinegar.

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