November 2009
4 posts
Half Price Champagne - and not even worth that!
Not from WoodWinters of course! But the supermarkets are at it again and it’s really made us think …
Douglas was lucky enough to be invited to take part in the Champagne Academy at the start of the summer but he did not come back singing the praises of many of the Grand Marques! Too much of the ‘terroir’ is full of rusting metal, razors, plastic and dead batteries from...
Can nothing stop NZ SB?
We recently held our bi-annual BIG tasting in Bridge of Allan and for the first time in Edinburgh. Over the course of the weekend 400 or so people tasted 60 odd wines from our suppliers Boutinot, FMV, Thorman Hunt, The Wine Treasury, MMD and Liberty.
We tasted Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc, the new label from Kevin Judd a few weeks previous and it was unanimously dismissed by the team as being over...
Poor Matt Skinner ...
He can’t be the first person to review a wine he has not tasted, but is now a very public example of why the world of journalism and writing needs to change … I did not go to Rioja last week, but I feel very well connected with what happened because of the variety of ‘social media’ tools that people were using. I watched Gary Vaynerchuck’s speech minutes after it...
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Gary Vaynerchuk - inspiration
Here we go …
Just when I thought about quitting … it all starts to get very interesting. Watched Gary Veynerchuk rant about social media and how to hustle etc. and it really reminded me of my passion … and why we started in the first place … but suddenly the ideas started to flow again - which is a good feeling.
“Passion beats the fuck out of skill” I think...