The wonderful, the frightening, the mad and the random – Wine & Spirit reports from the wilder shores of the drinks world
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Author: Wine & Spirit News Desk
(01-07-2008)
Richard Bampfield MW
Chairman of the Association of Wine..
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Author: Wine & Spirit News Desk
(01-07-2008)
Norrington..
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Author: Wine & Spirit News Desk
(01-06-2008)
Duncan Bannatyne
Dragon's..
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Author: Wine & Spirit News Desk
(01-06-2008)
City University North Trent has invited me to conduct a series of evening classes and Wine & Spirit subscribers qualify for a 3.14 per cent saving - yes, free pi for every reader!
Which wine, which symphony?
The class examines the tonal expression and harmonies of the bohemian composer..
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Author: Wine & Spirit team
(01-05-2008)
Wine & Spirit grabs a few minutes with Chile's president Michelle Bachelet.
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Author: Wine & Spirit News Desk
(01-05-2008)
To the 150th anniversary luncheon of Bassterd Wickes & Cromerty, where the great and the good were assembled to celebrate a century and a half's history of one of our most distinguished wine importers. More accurately, it was the 150th anniversary of Peregrine Cromerty's association with..
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Author: Wine & Spirit News Desk
(01-04-2008)
In 1982, Disney created a visionary movie called Tron. Jeff Bridges is sucked into a computer world where he battles the virtual forces of corrupt corporate greed. I was eight when I watched this with my granny at the ABC in Bournemouth and it blew my mind. Granny fell asleep. I have been..
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Author: Wine & Spirit News Desk
(01-03-2008)
Tim and Judy Finn of Neudorf in Nelson, New..
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Author: Wine & Spirit News Desk
(01-03-2008)
Return of the Jedi has a great moment when the rebel fleet is swarmed over by a mighty throng of small Imperial TIE Fighters. It's a bit like watching an army of enraged prawns converging on the face of a scuba diver. I've never been attacked by a sommelier, but I have mates who begin to..
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Author: Wine & Spirit News Desk
(26-02-2008)
Wine & Spirit finds out what is currently tickling the palate of chef and presenter Antony Worrall Thompson.