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Snippets of information about what's going on in the world of food and drink matching or odd thoughts that strike me as interesting.

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  10 Australian shiraz - and shiraz blends - that might surprise you
Jan 22, 2012
Although there’s still plenty of the rich, lush style of shiraz we’ve come to associate with Australia there’s more than one style as I discovered on my recent trip.
  20 top Australian chardonnays
Jan 14, 2012
As you can see from my Guardian article today, I’m a born-again chardonnay lover since returning from Australia last month. Did the sun go to my head? I don’t think so. Australia now produces some of the most gorgeous, seductive, beautifully balanced chardonnays I’ve tasted . . .
  The best of the UK wine sales
Jan 8, 2012
Following my tips on buying from wine sales yesterday here are some of the independent wine merchant sales that are currently on and some of the bottles that I would consider buying from them
  How to buy wine in the sales
Jan 7, 2012
Are bin-end offers really worth it? Three key questions to ask yourself about so-called 'sale bargains' and top tips to avoid bad buys.
  The best champagne buys this Christmas (updated)
Dec 20, 2011
Champagne is never exactly cheap (think what you could get if you spent the equivalent amount on a bottle of still wine) but Christmas is undoubtedly when you can get the best bargains. Here's my pick of the current offers
  Search engine back again (I hope!)
Aug 26, 2011
I've been assured the search engine is up and running again. I've tested it out a couple of times and it seems to be OK . . .
  Apologies for this week's disruption
Aug 19, 2011
I'm aware that the site has been down for a couple of days due to a failure in the hosting platform. There still seem to be some issues with uploading material so please bear with me while these are sorted out.
  What Food, What Wine - the winners
Jul 15, 2011
There were some big surprises when the results in the What Food, What Wine competition were announced this week - always a bonus of tasting blind.
  The Saturday Kitchen beer campaign
Jul 9, 2011
A group of beer enthusiasts and bloggers have decided to put pressure on the popular Saturday morning programme Saturday Kitchen to feature beer as well as wine with food by posting their own recommendations on Twitter
  Why it’s tough (but right) to taste wine with food
Jun 29, 2011
For the past couple of days I’ve been involved in a groundbreaking tasting called What Food What Wine designed to find the wines that best match 10 of the most popular dishes in the UK. It’s a brilliant idea - wine is meant to be drunk with food after all - but you wouldn't believe how tricky it is to pull off.
 
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