Category Archives: Wine Industry

While listening to a BBC 4 podcast (Thinking Aloud) titled ‘Too much choice: how this may cause anxiety in our lives” lead me to reflect, do we have too much choice when it come to wines on our supermarket shelves ? … Continue reading →

Cork has been a closure for wine as far back as Ancient Greece, but only became prominent in Europe at the beginning of the 17th century. Portugal is now the centre of the modern cork industry, producing about 52% of … Continue reading →

Is €4.99 Wine Good Value

The posters and promotions are everywhere 2 Chilean reds for €9.99, Spanish White for €4.99 with the discount off-licences and supermarkets offering wine for what would seem amazing value, but ask yourself is this really good value, when we take into account excise duty and V.A.T. Continue reading →