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This month, it seems as if we have had more visits from winery owners and marketing people than usual. We always learn something from them and they make my goal of “learning something new every day” a little easier. The first to arrive was Jeff Cairn...

One of my office compatriots has suggested that I write about the relationship between music and wine as this is a particularly significant week in my life for sound in general. I am testing a tiny microelectronic device that samples the sounds arou...

This Friday past, I made a point of doing something that I try to do at least twice a season; I visited the lobster seller who sets up base on Fridays between the roundabouts in Paget, and I purchased two. In order to protect my reputation, in our ho...

I remember a time long ago when it was suggested to a top Napa vintner that his wines were “French-like”. I am sure that it was meant as a compliment, but his reply was: “I really don’t give a damn, as I am just making the best wine that I can.” I h...

For some reason I seem to have wind on my mind today, so let me share with you the relationship between it and our favourite tipple. If you are a grape grower in Provence or the Rhone Valley of France you will be thankful for the mistral that can eas...

Last week, I wrote of some of the factors that establish the price of a wine, today, I will add another most important one — an oak barrel. It is easy to pay $1,800 or more for a French one, that holds the equivalent of 300 bottles of wine, so if y...

As much as we like to discuss that lovely bottle of brunello that we had a couple of weeks ago, the cold hard facts are that most of the time most of us are happy to find an enjoyable wine for under $20. So, how are prices determined? In Bermuda, for...

I have just printed off a detailed five-page vintage chart for our sales team and our stores. It informs us that years with a 98-100 rating are classic, 94-97 are superb, 90-93 are excellent, 87-89 are very good, 83-86 are good and 80-82 are accep...

I remember well the day we received a container of wine from New Zealand and discovered that a very popular Sauvignon Blanc was enclosed with a screw-cap. Two popular Hamilton restaurants, that were featuring it by the glass, refused to buy it and sa...

It was only when a communication from Australia came in that I realised that I would unfortunately miss a particularly important day to write about this month and to contemplate what our Queen, Prince Charles, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and even Juli...

A few weeks ago, in an article about hail damage, I mentioned that we would shortly feature a few very fine Rhône wines in our stores and that were part of the package when we became involved with Discovery Wines. I will give you three producers that...

I should warn you, dear reader, that the article today will be more about a cause than details on the wines themselves. Wine is about 85 per cent water and we are told that our brain is composed of 73 per cent water; our lungs ring in at 83 per cen...