Semillon

24th Jun 2010

The trouble with Australia

Australians don't do pessimism. They're generally such a chipper, stop-moaning-and-get on with-it nation that they'd rather share a hot tub with a great white shark than be accused of whingeing like a Pom. But hang around anyone who works in... Read more

7th Feb 2010

Batting for Australia

You know things are bad when the Aussies, normally the most chipper of nations, start grouching about their lot. "We're stuffed, mate," one of their number told me recently, having voted with his feet by... Read more

17th Jan 2010

The Perfect Dozen

If you gave up booze for a month on 1 January, as several of my friends did, you may have reached the point, two weeks later, when you've locked away the corkscrew and are deliberately avoiding supermarket wine aisles. I've never been one for... Read more

17th Dec 2009

My pick of the Cape

"Why don't you like our wines?" a South African producer asked me recently. The perception in the Cape, spread by a combination of ignorance and wilful mischief making, is that I've got it in for South Africa. The other, equally... Read more

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