The Claret Club
They wear colourful costumes, sing silly drinking songs and perform arcane ceremonies, but from Pauillac to Puerto Rico, commanderies are united in their love of Bordeaux. ANTHONY ROSE joins the club
Anthony Rose is the wine correspondent of the Independent and i newspapers and contributes to various other publications, among them Decanter Magazine. He was a solicitor in a previous incarnation but decided it was time to get a steady job. He is co-chair of the Decanter World Wine Awards Australia panel and has won a number of awards for wine writing. In 2014 he published The Tapas Bar Guide (Grub Street, £10.99), co-authored with Isabel Cuevas, a guide to tapas bars in the UK. Anthony spends far too much of his time nosing his way around the world in wine competitions, having judged in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile, California, Japan, China and France. He is fascinated by Japanese sake and is co-Chairman of the Sake International Challenge in Tokyo and teaches a consumer course at Sake No Hana in London. Anthony is also a published photographer and a founding member of The Wine Gang at www.thewinegang.com. Anthony lives in South London and in what spare time he has, he likes to cook, eat and drink the best wines and sakes he can afford on a wine writer’s budget.
They wear colourful costumes, sing silly drinking songs and perform arcane ceremonies, but from Pauillac to Puerto Rico, commanderies are united in their love of Bordeaux. ANTHONY ROSE joins the club
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Lucky owners of select 1990s Coche-Dury vintages must have been rubbing their eyes in disbelief last week as their prices rocketed at a Sotheby's auction.
Lucky owners of select 1990s Coche-Dury vintages must have been rubbing their eyes in disbelief last week as their prices rocketed at a Sotheby's auction.
Lucky owners of select 1990s Coche-Dury vintages must have been rubbing their eyes in disbelief last week as their prices rocketed at a Sotheby's auction.
Lucky owners of select 1990s Coche-Dury vintages must have been rubbing their eyes in disbelief last week as their prices rocketed at a Sotheby's auction.
Following the release of a market study by Vinexpo, ANTHONY ROSE considers the trends behind growing consumption and potential over-production
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