When it comes to wine, operators should dare to be different
By Guy Chatfield IN the throes of doing the day job a couple of weeks ago, something tickled me – metaphorically speaking, that is! I was working with …
The only rules about wine and food matching is there are no hard and fast rules
By Guy Chatfield FOOD and wine matching has been a hot topic for a while now, something you can usually gauge by the number of websites and now apps that have …
The Wine Guy
These days expensive wines are sold for investment, not consumption – and that’s a shame, writes Guy Chatfield THE Bordeaux region’s seemingly invincible …
The Wine Guy with Guy Chatfield
Pretentious tasting notes are no help to anyone when it comes to recommending wine, writes Guy Chatfield I THINK the best one I ever heard was on the Food …
Every day is a school day in the wine world, writes Guy Chatfield
IN some respects, not much has changed in the wine world of late. Adverse weather has hit a popular wine region (California has had its worst drought for 119 …
It’s time to drop the snobbery and embrace diversity in wine
By Guy Chatfield IF someone were to say to you that a business is “wine credible” what does that mean? I have heard this phrase uttered a few times …
Wine producers could learn a thing or two from the music industry
By Guy Chatfield HOW many new tunes from ‘old’ bands do you hear on the radio at the moment? Since the famous foursome reformed with a little added Robbie …
Raising the taste bar needn’t be a numbers game
By Guy Chatfield AS any of you out there who have worked with me over the years will know, I am no stato; since I was a child, numbers have never been my …
It’s time to raise a glass for a good cause
By Guy Chatfield I READ a fantastic article recently describing the situation where, due to a lack of central government funding, the Mayor of Dijon in …
When it comes to wine, it’s important to help the aged
By Guy Chatfield I HAD one of those moments recently: sitting in my car at a set of lights with the brain very much in neutral when one of my favourite songs …
