Hints and tips:
...I don’t see them being able to stretch it out much beyond the end of the year,” Robinson said ahead of meetings between the UK and Irish governments in Dublin....
...His father joined Domecq, an important family-run sherry business (now owned by a Filipino brandy producer) in 1974....
...There’s a clue on the homepage of Santadi’s website in a box that says “Campaign financed according to EU regulation N. 1308/13”....
...We weren’t sure, so we asked Jancis Robinson, the FT’s wine correspondent, what she thought of the Cellar’s contents....
...Earlier, Gavin Robinson, a DUP MP, told the BBC that given the region’s estimated £800mn budget shortfall, the only option currently was to cut spending and “that is not good enough for Northern Ireland”...
...The wines from the left bank Margaux appellation were also outstanding, almost all of them displaying the perfume that used to characterise them, but which seemed to be lost during the oak’n’alcohol era....
...BUY: Lok’n Store (LOK) The storage company’s development pipeline is the key to driving its growth, writes Mark Robinson....
...Jancis RobinsonAnd what about if a picnic wine for a light red that’s nicely chilled, could be Cinsault, C-I-N-S-A-U-L-T....
...Wöhrwag’s Saumagen N Riesling 2019 was included in the Keller selection sold in the US but excluded from the UK case because his wines are now being imported by Keeling Andrew....
...(As for my contribution, it’s hard work pulling corks, I can assure you, and I do graciously make the brandy butter.)...
...BUY: Tesco (TSCO) It’s all about price points at the UK’s largest grocer as inflation reduces real household budgets, writes Mark Robinson....
...The salesman responded loftily: “Ceci n’est pas un critère, Monsieur.” (“This is not a criterion, sir.”)...
...“There has been a marked increase in celebrity-owned, invested or endorsed brands over the past few years,” says Brandy Rand, IWSR Drinks Market Analysis COO of the Americas....
...Neither of the DUP’s subsequent two leaders — Peter Robinson or Foster — had the charisma of Paisley, and internal party divisions became more pronounced....
...Teenage brother and sister Joshua (Nickcolia King-N’da) and Gloria (Velile Tshabalala) are sitting on the steps, eating sweets from a paper bag and dreaming about their futures....
...La Mancha’s dominant grape is the pale-skinned Airén, long dismissed as fit only for producing grape concentrate and base wine for brandy....
...“There is an appetite for dressing-up, and customers want to return to having fun,” says Eleanor Robinson, director of accessories at Selfridges....
...Jancis Robinson will be appearing at this year’s FT Weekend Digital Festival, March 18-20....
...In 1990 and 2000, the grape that occupied the greatest vineyard area in the world was the little-known brandy grape Airén, which used to dominate the vast, arid plains of La Mancha in Spain....
...Producers have been forced to turn surplus grapes into juice, grape concentrate, brandy and even hand sanitiser. So, what’s the good news about South African wine? The sheer beauty of it, that’s what....
...“If you were on the Titanic it’s where you would have gone for brandy and cigars after dinner,” was Jang’s take. “It’s class....
..., I actually found myself more interested by Robinson than her famous clients....
...End the evening with a trademark brandy and, should you still be mobile, walk off your dinner with a stroll down the south bank of the river, which is mere feet away. 2....
...Nowadays, the fashionable N-word is much more widely used. Valtellina’s alpine wines are not naturally hefty. Some vineyards are as high as 800m and temperatures often plummet at night....
...Mark Robinson: Shell’s shot across the bows on buybacks You’re not always rewarded for exhibiting candour in equity markets....
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