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Mon, 31 May 2010
So Bordeaux en primeur 2009 trundles along at a ridiculously lethargic pace with estates I rarely purchase even on bin end in my local Cost Co being released. Even these are only being drip fed onto the market with less than 5 releases a day. So why are we waiting this long? Most believe that [...]
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Sat, 03 Apr 2010
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Sat, 03 Apr 2010
We will be jetting off to Bordeaux of the 12th April for 3 further days of intense tastings. We are guests of CVBG one of Bordeaux leading and oldest (1840) negociants which will not only ensure us access to all the great chateaux but more importantly when the wines get released, great allocations. This year [...]
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Sat, 03 Apr 2010
So the wine website is now operational and we feel it is about 60% complete. To users though it seems to be atleast 90% complete and just missing a few wine descriptions and bottle/label shots. This means that actually there are still lots of new improvements to come and the most recent will be the [...]
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009
Hi all, welcome to the WineBear blog where I will try to present some interesting discussions on the wide world of wine! I have worked in wine now since leaving University with a Geology honours degree. This has brought a greater understanding of terroir but the passion for wine stems from family influence with my [...]
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