Music and wine – you be the judge
Most people would acknowledge that there are a large number of physical influences that can affect our perception of wine. This can include simple things like the temperature of the wines, the style of...
View ArticleWine competitions are not charities
People may call the South African wine industry all manner of things, but you could never accuse it of being boring! At least not within the small circle of seriaaas winos, writers and industry...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Are the costs of wine competition stickers fair?
Last week I posted a few thoughts about the role of wine competitions. Subsequently, I saw that Neil Pendock made mention of the costs of purchasing the familiar blingy stickers that adorn winning...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wine judges and competition PR
Wine judging sounds like a great job, right? Getting paid to taste a wide array of wines from all over the world – nice one. But wine competition judges open themselves up to a lot of criticism, given...
View Article