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    Tête-à-tête - All paths lead to When in Rome

    June 1, 2016

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    Alex

     

    What busy father of three would welcome a cyclist in Lycra shorts to talk about wine with open arms on a Monday evening? Rob Malin, part-time Sales & Marketing manager in a London bank, part-time Boxed wine category builder definitely would. And he did. Here is the re...

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    Everything you need to know about Beaujolais

    April 20, 2016

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    Alex

    Bonjour tout le monde!

     

    A quick post with a great snapshot of Beaujolais appellations & map created by the local professional association. 

     

    Little tip: the 2015 Beaujolais are opulent, fruit-driven and many will be ageworthy! Watch this space!

     

    Santé!

    :@lex

     

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    Tipple of the Month - April 16

    April 3, 2016

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    Alex

     Tesco Finest- Soave Classico Superiore - £6.25

     

    What are we talking about?

     

    An outstanding white wine from Soave in Italy for just over a fiver!

     

    Soa-what?

     

    If you have never been to Soave, get yourself a flight to Verona and explore this small beautiful medieval town sur...

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    WSET notes & other useful tips

    WSET Level 3 - Top Tips (Part 1)

    April 3, 2016

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    Alex

    Bravo! You've successfully passed the Level 2 exam and you have decided to embark onto the often dreaded WSET Level 3 class. Well, fear not because here is the first part of a series of straightforward Top Tips to help you along the way from a WSET Diploma holder and C...

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    Tête-à-Tête with Dr. John Parr

    March 24, 2016

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    Alex

    It was a pleasure to meet John, the bubbly wine lover, columnist and IWC Wine Judge behind  the first large-scale wine event in the Costwolds that will showcase the best wines from 20 independent local wine merchants (Saturday, 14th May 2016, Cheltenham FC)....

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    WSET notes & other useful tips

    Spirits - Market information

    February 23, 2016

    Hi all,

     

    I have come across a few reports that might be of interest to WSET Diploma students but also Spirits professionals or anybody interested in the Spirits business.

     

    Links:

     

    1. The Power 100 - The World's most powerful Spirits & Wine brands (2015)

     

    2. IPSOS - Drinkin...

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    TippleTips the website!

    January 12, 2016

    It's taken a while and a few trials but the TippleTips new Website is finally here!

    You will find all the existing WSET notes in the Study, reading recommendations in the Library and Tipples around Wine, Beer & Spirits aplenty very soon!

     

     

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