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It’s All In The Tannin – Wine 101

April 23, 2008

Lizzie, our web guru, has asked me to reply to a question about why wine improves with age. Someone asked the question on a forum, and the Wikipedia answer in response was “When properly stored, wines not only maintain their quality but many actually improve in aroma, flavour, and complexity as they mature.” Not very [...]

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Wines, Vines and Good Times – Wine Tasting in South London

February 13, 2008

Last night I went along to the inaugural meeting of ‘Wines, Vines and Good Times’. Rubbish name, but a very nice lady called Ruth setting up a wine appreciation club in Balham, London. Last night was just an introduction – so all the wines were on the house – and Ruth had chosen sparkling wines [...]

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