It’s my Vineyard

On the way over to the Auvergne for a change of scene and to reflect on what we have accomplished and what there is still to do, re the vendange, and to tend my vegetables there of course, we stop at the printers to see our new label set up on the machine. A rendezvous […]

A paper by geriatrics researchers at the University of Bari in Italy appearing in the May 22 issue of Neurology, revealing that the progression of dementia may be slower in people who drink moderately than in teetotalers.
A survey of elderly Italians — 1,445 of whom had no cognitive impairment and 121 who suffered […]

The last few days have been spent looking after our regular and loyal clients in the U.K. while looking as always for new customers.
I was invited by a dear friend, who thought I should get out of the kitchen, where it is true I spend a fair bit of time.  Fred was in the U.S.A. […]

We dash off to see one of our best customers in the South East. I love visiting Neville Sparks at his magical wine shop,‘Wine Etcetera’ in Midhurst, Sussex. It is an amazing, complete wine experience, he is incredibly knowledgeable about every bottle he sells and gives each customer his undivided attention.
Interesting wine quotations adorn the […]

I have just picked up on an interesting article about Japanese comics in South Korea featuring French wine.  An article in Asahi and commented on Vinography.
Wine is enjoying an unprecedented boom in South Korea, where the distilled spirit shochu has traditionally been the people’s favorite alcoholic drink.

Wine imports were worth $88.6 million (about 10.3 billion […]