Thursday, 8th October 2009
Bankers’ bonuses are back up to what they were, and no doubt they are once again buying Pétrus, Mouton Rothschild, Le Pin and so forth at several thousand pounds a...
Thursday, 10th September 2009
Swig is a small west London wine merchant with a knack for acquiring superb wines for sock-knocking-off prices. Take the Rheinhessen Riesling from Stefan Winter 2008 (1). German wine is...
Thursday, 13th August 2009
The latest research shows that French wine has now, astonishingly, fallen to fifth place by quantity in the British market. Fifth! They have been overtaken by Australia, which now sells...
Thursday, 23rd April 2009
It had to happen — the fall in the pound is finally catching up with us. But as I often say, possibly at unnecessary length, life is too short to...
Thursday, 29th January 2009
We mustn’t make the recession worse by drinking second-rate wine, and I shall do my best to ensure we don’t. For this week the helpful people at Swig in Chiswick...
Thursday, 30th October 2008
The Spectator wine club laughs in the face of recession. Not only do we intend go on drinking through the dark times, we insist on continuing to drink well. Thanks...
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