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2023 (4)

• 08/11 New Georgian PDOs
• 08/11 Various artisanal wines from Georgia
• 04/11 A Tvishi wine, from Chateau Tvishi
• 08/01 Talha Tales – book review

2022 (1)

• 26/03 Qvevri PGI

2021 (8)

• 08/11 Thinking inside the qvevri
• 16/10 How not to pick a wine
• 17/08 Aldi wines – some impressive, some not
• 15/06 Glinavos Paleokerisio 2019
• 01/04 Botijas – Peruvian winemaking in clay
• 24/03 The Story of Wine – book review
• 15/03 Sherry: Maligned, Misunderstood, Magnificent! – book review
• 06/02 Subjectivity is not to be sniffed at

2020 (12)

• 09/11 Goodbye landline – Hello VoIP
• 01/09 Intoxicated by Matrobela?
• 29/08 Unpleasant smells, the coronavirus, and corked wine
• 28/08 Georgian wine PDOs
• 19/07 Georgian wine PDOs – an opinion, with suggestions
• 15/07 Georgian wine PDOs – the details
• 13/07 Georgian wine PDOs – a quick guide
• 06/06 Txakoli, Txakolina or Chacolí?
• 10/04 La Cosa, Alfredo Maestro – yet another Marmite wine
• 17/01 The Importance of Being Bottled
• 03/01 The Wines of Georgia – book review
• 01/01 New decade – new look

2019 (12)

• 11/11 A couple of Bobal blends from Aldi
• 05/11 Château Ksara in Manchester
• 08/07 Sulphites in wine
• 27/06 Sulphites in wine – effect on flavour
• 18/06 Sulphites in wine – headaches
• 10/06 Sulphites in wine – maximum and typical concentrations
• 01/06 Sulphites in wine – clearing up a few points
• 19/03 Gotsa Family Wines back home in Blighty
• 15/03 Untamed: 8000 Vintages of Georgian Wine – book review
• 24/02 Thymiopoulos wines from Naoussa and Rapsani
• 31/01 The wines of Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova – book review
• 07/01 Intrinsic wine faults – do they exist?

2018 (30)

• 30/12 When is a flaw not a fault? When it’s a taint
• 12/12 How I got hooked on wine
• 04/12 Homemade wine – eliminate or celebrate?
• 12/11 Wine snobbery, and how to discourage it
• 08/10 Tsigani Gogo, a Georgian wine by Laura Siebel & Niki Antadze
• 23/09 A week of food and wine in Split, Croatia
• 03/09 Georgian wines from M&S and Waitrose
• 04/08 Wine experts, and the wisdom of crowds
• 24/07 Nero Oro – Nero d’Avola appassimento from Sicily
• 20/07 Vineyards, Rocks, and Soils – book review
• 21/06 Georgia, Georgian wines, and me
• 13/06 Nikoladzeebis Marani
• 12/06 Archil Guniava Wine Cellar
• 04/06 Nika Vacheishvili’s Marani and Wine Guest House
• 04/06 Oda Family Winery and Vino Martville
• 31/05 Gotsa Family Wines
• 27/05 An Amazing Mtsvane and a Cracking Krakhuna
• 23/05 A trip to South and West Georgia
• 07/05 Foxiness, foxy grapes and foxy wines
• 30/04 Naming of Pots – amphora, qvevri, talha?
• 24/04 Godforsaken Grapes – book review
• 23/03 Natural, orange, and amphora wines – busting the myths
• 08/03 Lemoss sparkling Glera – a Marmite wine
• 02/03 Falling Leaves – Georgian wine under the Soviets
• 26/02 Our Blood is Wine – film review
• 21/02 How to create flat rectangular images of wine bottle labels
• 14/02 Saperavi made in qvevri – examples of contrasting styles
• 04/02 The New Wine Rules – book review
• 16/01 Cork Dork – book review
• 03/01 When and where did winemaking begin?

2017 (35)

• 03/12 A tasting of natural qvevri wines from Georgia
• 29/11 Georgian winemaking starts at home
• 27/11 Wines from around Dubrovnik – Pošip, Plavac Mali, and Dingač
• 22/11 The wine regions of South Dalmatia
• 11/11 Places to eat and drink in Dubrovnik
• 26/10 Volatile acidity – what it is, and what it isn’t
• 07/10 Some wines from Vinnaturo
• 04/10 The Grand Cork Experiment – stunt or science?
• 28/09 An embarrassment of wines
• 29/08 Wine appreciation and architecture
• 17/08 What is it with wine?
• 11/08 Why is wine the colour that it is?
• 27/07 Wine, ideology and quality
• 12/07 Qvevri winemaking – variety, tradition and innovation
• 04/07 Qvevri – manufacture, use, and rise to fame
• 27/06 Georgian wine labels – understanding and pronouncing
• 25/06 Georgia: a guide to the cradle of wine – book review
• 21/06 Online information about Georgian wine
• 18/06 Telavi Wine Cellar, and their Marani and Satrapezo wines
• 14/06 Iago Bitarishvili and Iago’s Wine
• 11/06 John Okruashvili and Okro’s Wines
• 08/06 John Wurdeman and Pheasant’s Tears
• 06/06 A week of Georgian wine and culture
• 01/06 Tasting Georgia – book review
• 13/05 For the Love of Wine – book review
• 02/05 Scheu… aber Geil 2016 – a dry Scheurebe, Emil Bauer
• 20/04 More on aroma perception by sniff and sip
• 06/04 Neuroenology, and I Taste Red – two book reviews
• 14/03 How important is a rich soil ecology?
• 10/03 Natural wines – my two penn’orth
• 07/03 Having your subjective cake and objectifying it
• 02/03 Wine tasting and alcohol – spit or swallow?
• 09/02 Fake news, alternative facts, bullshit and lies
• 26/01 The Vineyards and Wines of Greece 2017 – book review
• 01/01 How to research PDO and PGI wine regulations

2016 (46)

• 24/12 How big are your bubbles?
• 19/12 Sweet sparkling Tokaji from Lidl
• 12/12 Alsace grape varieties and wine labelling
• 05/12 A trip to Alsace
• 29/11 Minerality in wine update
• 24/11 Santorini wines and producers
• 14/11 Santorini grape varieties and wine styles
• 08/11 Santorini vineyards and vines
• 21/10 Santorini as a destination for wine lovers
• 06/10 Two wines from Georgia
• 05/10 Subjectivity in Wine Appreciation article
• 04/10 Moscatel do Douro
• 26/09 Beck Ink at Squid Ink – an Austrian red at a new restaurant
• 13/09 Josmeyer Mise du Printemps – Alsace Pinot Blanc
• 26/08 Sherry – book review
• 22/08 Madeira: The islands and their wines – book review
• 11/08 Winenous’ fables #1: The Naoussa and the Burgundy
• 09/08 The Wines of Austria – book review
• 31/07 Grape Harvest (Vindima), by Miguel Torga
• 28/07 Why four’s the aroma limit
• 18/07 Port and the Douro – book review
• 07/07 Biodynamic Wine – book review
• 04/07 Exploring & Tasting Wine – book review
• 16/06 How smell is like vision, and what that means for wine
• 08/06 Tsantali Rapsani – straight, Reserve and Grande Reserve
• 12/05 Tasting order and wine scores
• 05/05 COS Pithos Rosso 2011
• 30/04 Open letter to TONG Magazine – how I was ripped off
• 26/04 Prince Ştirbey Feteascǎ Regalǎ 2007
• 25/04 Q&A – Food matches for Madeira
• 13/04 Montesquiou Terre de France 2014
• 07/04 Solid evidence for terroir influence on wine flavour
• 04/04 Arribes de Ventonia Redux – bottle variation?
• 27/03 Daily temperature variations and wine storage
• 20/03 Gestalt perception of flavour
• 14/03 Arribes de Vettonia Rufete Bodegas Arribes del Duero 2011
• 12/03 Subjectivity ain’t that simple
• 10/03 Subjectivity in wine appreciation
• 03/03 How long for wine to reach the right temperature?
• 09/02 How does a sniff compare to a sip?
• 05/02 Aroma recognition by sniff and sip
• 30/01 New feature on winenous – Ask me a wine question
• 24/01 Quercophobia – the hatred of oak
• 21/01 Three varietal wines of Majorca
• 14/01 Tasting vs drinking
• 11/01 Tasting French Terroir – book review

2015 (29)

• 27/11 How many identifiable aromas in a wine – my conclusion
• 27/11 How many identifiable aromas in a wine – tasting experience
• 27/11 How many identifiable aromas in a wine – the science
• 27/11 How many identifiable aromas in a wine – the dilemma
• 17/11 Wineing and La Bodeguilla-ing in Palma
• 22/10 Mantinia PDO and Moschofilero
• 01/10 Somm – film review
• 28/09 From the sublime to the ridiculous – Aldi Pinot Noir
• 22/09 Wine appreciation and the sublime
• 15/09 How to get to grips with the wines of unfamiliar countries
• 17/08 Assyrtiko from Santorini
• 27/07 Sunday night fever and the Kurniawan affair
• 24/06 The Yin and Yang of wine appreciation
• 16/06 Barolo Boys – film review
• 10/06 A visit to Alpha Estate, Amyndeo
• 03/06 Xinomavro and me
• 31/05 Stelios Kechris Domaine, Retsina, and the Tear of the Pine
• 28/05 Rapsani – the adventure, the wine and the town
• 26/05 Glass shape, and how wine tastes
• 24/05 Impressions from a wine visit to North Greece
• 22/05 Are you a wine snob?
• 02/05 Taste your way to a long life
• 14/04 Château Milens 2001 and a Riedel Ultra decanter
• 22/03 A Lambrusco fest
• 15/02 Is balance always a good thing in wine?
• 03/02 Vines as a component of terroir
• 26/01 What is a dry wine?
• 25/01 If there is one thing you should learn about wine…
• 05/01 Huasa de Trequilemu, Cauquenes, 2012

2014 (27)

• 21/12 The perfect wine for Christmas
• 30/11 How much do you need to spend to get a decent wine?
• 05/11 A few more local wines drunk when in Bologna
• 02/11 Looking for Lambrusco
• 29/10 La Bobal Revisited – film review
• 05/10 Cien y Pico En Vaso Bobal 2011
• 22/09 Paparuda Pinot Noir 2013
• 06/09 Native Wine Grapes of Italy – book review
• 25/08 Why conclusions from grape DNA profiling can be wrong
• 18/08 The Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting – book review
• 27/07 Terroir scepticism again
• 17/07 Fooling the experts again
• 07/07 A tasting of Etna wines
• 23/06 A visit to the Etna vineyards Monte Ilice and Carpene
• 21/06 A visit to Calabretta, Randazzo, Etna
• 15/06 A visit to Tenuta delle Terre Nere, near Randazzo, Etna
• 14/06 Two palmentos on Etna
• 08/06 Georgian kvevri wines of Pheasant’s Tears, Iago and Lagvini
• 12/05 Vasse Felix Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 – an awkward age?
• 20/04 The Aesthetics of Wine – book review
• 01/04 Le Nez du Terroir
• 25/03 The Gourmet Diet
• 16/03 Blandy’s Bual 1954
• 02/03 Neurogastronomy – book review
• 02/02 Wildflower J Lohr Monterey Valdiguié 2011
• 19/01 Farewell to Artur Barros e Sousa Lda
• 12/01 How to Bring Your Own wine

2013 (19)

• 30/12 The new look
• 29/12 Manifesto
• 10/12 Tenerife revisited
• 27/10 Supper clubs and the wine geek
• 28/09 The turning of Pinot Noir into Rioja
• 21/09 It’s all Greek to me
• 14/09 The World of Sicilian Wine – book review
• 10/09 Postmodern Winemaking – book review
• 06/08 The early history of Biodynamics
• 03/08 A sense of place
• 30/06 Fooling the experts?
• 05/06 Valle dell’Acate
• 02/06 Azienda Agricola COS
• 30/04 In praise of Swiss Sylvaner
• 21/04 How to Love Wine – book review
• 31/03 Palmento, Sicilian Wine Odyssey – book review
• 24/02 The Daily Drinker
• 17/02 Back on the booze
• 26/01 The joy of brett

2012 (28)

• 23/12 Olfactory white, and complexity
• 16/12 Three months without wine
• 11/11 Wine Grapes – book review
• 04/11 Eucalyptus, garrigue and terroir
• 28/10 More on astringent wine with meat
• 23/10 More on tasting note subjectivity
• 22/10 The joy of oxidation
• 07/10 Order effects, and linguistic fluency
• 27/08 Nice food – pity about the wine service
• 18/08 Introduction to winetasting
• 12/08 Hotel veranda, bottle of wine
• 21/07 Wines from Lebanon and thereabouts
• 24/06 Riedel Os
• 12/06 An encounter with The Don
• 02/06 Afros in Vinho Verde
• 28/05 Natural Wines from Les Caves de Pyrène
• 13/05 Porto, the Douro, and some Vinho Verde
• 07/05 Minerality in wine
• 06/04 A Madeira Party
• 06/04 Terroir-transparency
• 01/04 The Riedel Biodynamic glass
• 15/03 Cheap reds from The Wine Society – Lascar
• 28/02 Cos Nero di Lupo and Frappato
• 26/02 Replacing a BT landline by VoIP
• 04/02 Grape varieties in Passe-Tout-Grains
• 23/01 Duck, Amarone and the Zeni wine museum
• 17/01 Wine scoring
• 08/01 Bertrand Ambroise Nuits Saint George

2011 (30)

• 18/12 Pinot Noir and unknown unknowns
• 14/12 Links on biodynamics and wine-ratings
• 12/12 Organic roots
• 22/11 Rosé from white and red blends now legal
• 16/11 When is a Barbera not a Barbera?
• 08/11 Sotheby’s Wine Encylopedia 5th Edition – book review
• 06/11 Wine fridge buying advice
• 26/10 Carbon footprint of corks and screwtops
• 18/10 The Terroir Test
• 01/10 Mature Mosel
• 24/09 Honey and chocolate
• 03/09 Temperature variation in wine cellars
• 31/08 The wrong pair of vintages
• 21/08 Two red wines from Sicily
• 13/08 Terroir expression as described in books
• 07/08 Terroir is utter bollocks
• 18/07 Embracing subjectivity in taste
• 16/07 Taste is subjective
• 08/07 Modest Burgundies in Burgundy
• 02/07 Naked Wines
• 15/06 Articles I would like to have written
• 14/06 Finally I have a blog roll
• 04/06 Steak, wine and astringency reduction
• 07/05 A Spring in Majorca – but only one week
• 13/04 The roots of biodynamics
• 18/03 Liebherr wine fridge filters
• 06/03 Extrinsic influences on taste
• 21/02 Why wine tastes the way it does
• 09/02 BD or not BD?
• 23/01 The cult of the natural

2010 (21)

• 31/12 Beaujolais and the benefits of a good map
• 19/12 What’s wrong with German wine labelling
• 13/11 The multisensory perception of flavour
• 07/11 A week of Tenerife wine and food
• 17/10 Is free wine delivery like a free lunch?
• 11/10 Reasons not to pay too much attention to tasting notes
• 12/09 Some English wines
• 26/08 Trust me, I’m a wine expert
• 15/08 On return from English vineyards
• 22/07 Warts and all
• 14/07 Cachumba, West Didsbury
• 04/07 Contemplation of variety
• 22/06 Why wine is so expensive in restaurants
• 12/06 More Massaya
• 31/05 Six suggestions for wine tasting hosts
• 10/05 Wines of Massaya, Lebanon
• 25/04 Aladdin, Withington
• 20/04 Cooking with corked wines
• 05/04 When wine tastes best
• 28/03 Posh Nosh
• 21/03 Lafarge Passetoutgrain 2002