Christmas festive fizz – and some!
Claire and I are fully paid up members of the pressure group, ‘Keep Christmas in December’! I don’t know about you, of course, but...
Is there racism in the wine sector?
In the wake of recent tragic events in the USA I think that perhaps many of us have been reviewing our attitudes to racial...
Wine merchants or supermarkets?
My final epistle from the UK before our return to the sunshine is largely a reflection on my wine buying experiences here in the...
Denominación de Origen Cangas
One of the best things about the recent Barcelona Wine Week (BWW) that I attended recently, was the opportunity to visit the stands of...
DO Plà de Bages
In wine terms, whenever Cataluña is mentioned we all probably think Cava first. These days, certainly if you’ve been reading Cork Talk over the...
Musical dinner with paired wines
Spain has an official population of just under 46.5 million people and an annual Yecla production of just over 6.5 million litres, only 5%...
Another French paradox
My lovely wife isn't going to like this! A confirmed, committed Francophile who lived in several different parts of France, she won't hear of...
Gone fishing!
Does it still count as plagiarism if it’s your own words you’re pilfering, and from a different medium?
I ask because today’s Cork Talk title...
Born out of love and passion
So, which literature would you say was most guilty of flattering to deceive? That of: Real Estate Agents; the backs of video cassettes; Banks;...
Albariño at Pazo de Señoráns
The small portfolio – just three wines – of Pazo de Señorans consistently earns over 90 points (out of 100) in whichever Spanish (and...
DO Alicante punching above its weight?
Well, these days, no, not at all! In this once unfashionable area of production, it’s the perceived ‘weight’ that’s changed. Alicante is making wines...
The culture of wine and its impact on the youth of...
There was no alcohol in our house when I was growing up on the Wirral (that peninsular between Liverpool and North Wales bordered by...
Les verres de vin, en France!
I could hardly wish for a better location to write this week’s Cork Talk! I’m sitting on the banks of the River Vezere, in...
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Deep snow in Alicante province
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Brexit passport rule changes
BRITISH people travelling within the European Union should be aware passport validity rules will change after December 31 because of Brexit.
During the current transition...
