Opinionated, witty, informed, controversial – whether you agree with them or not, Wine & Spirit's talented team of columnists are sure to make you think.
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Author: Wine & Spirit News Desk
(04-08-2008)
Graham Holter plays a guessing game when it comes to the multiple specialist..
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Author: Larry Walker
(01-09-2007)
Three major wine deals went down in Napa at the end of July and California wine pundits are viewing them with alarm. The most startling was the decision of Warren Winiarski to sell Stag's Leap Wine Cellars to a joint venture of Chateau Ste Michelle and Piero Antinori for $185 million. On the..
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Author: Wine & Spirit News Desk
(01-09-2007)
Chris Anderson's The Long Tail has been one of the most talked-about books of the past couple of years. Like Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point or Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt's Freakonomics, it's one of those works that sounds pretty dry in principle (an extended essay on inventory..
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Author: Anthony Rose
(23-07-2007)
Our columnist despairs of the Bordeaux pricing bandwagon.
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Author: Jane Anson
(23-07-2007)
Nothing's real any more unless it's been announced, dissected and speculated upon in blogs, chat rooms and bulletin boards.
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Author: David Williams
(01-07-2007)
In his run for the French presidency, Nicolas Sarkozy made some ambitious promises.
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Author: Anthony Rose
(01-06-2007)
Uplifting in every other respect, a recent trip to South America left me depressed at the apparently growing trend towards the heavy bottle.
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Author: Anthony Rose
(01-05-2007)
The successful libel action against The Irish News, which was ordered to pay £25,000 following a review by critic Caroline Workman of the restaurant Goodfellas, was a bolt from the blue.
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Author: Anthony Rose
(01-04-2007)
For those involved in the organisation of January's Pinot Noir conference in Wellington, bookended by symposia on Syrah and aromatics, there can have been little doubt that the enterprise was a succès de scandale.