A Life in Rosé
By Chris Bearman I must admit that I’ve never been a big fan of rosé wine. I’ve tasted hundreds of Californian and Australian rosés and they have all been insipid and uninspiring. Poured from the fridge and something of a party wine, I have always felt that they are a wine for people who don’t like wine (as we have music for people who don’t like music and 20/20 cricket for people who don’t like cricket). When it came to visiting the Tavel wine region of the Rhone Valley in F
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A Matter of Taste
By Chris Bearman My friend Scott and I decided to do some mid-week wine tasting. I had just submitted a report which had taken months of long days and several weekends to complete on time and Scott had just finished a gruelling series of consecutive night-shifts that morning. Scott came around to my apartment in the Bay Area, brushed off my concerns about his fatigue and whisked us off into the Santa Cruz Mountains in his classic MG convertible car, leaving behind the hustle
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A Summer Afternoon At Tilbrook
By Chris Bearman As Jane and I walk into the cool dark interior of the cellar door, James Tilbrook, a large man with greying hair and an English accent, welcomes us with an exclamation of relief. “Oh, thank God it’s you guys! He’s been rushed off his feet all morning serving wine and making pizzas for a winery promotion event. The detritus of hectic activity is evident. Empty bottles and glasses cover every available surface and dirty plates and cups are piled high in the sin
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