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Drinkability: A key factor when enjoying wine

By Ned Goodwin MW Tue, Jun 07, 2011 11:08AM UTC View Comments

Drinkability can be a rather nebulous term, but for me, drinkabilty refers to the ease which one can drink a glass of wine or, for that matter, three glasses. In my view, drinkability is the key to enjoying wine and is intrinsic to the evanescence of great wine. Drinkability is vintage-dependent. A good vintage provides...

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Masters of Wine Weekend, Istanbul: Much to like in Turkish wine

By Ned Goodwin MW Sun, May 22, 2011 12:17PM UTC View Comments

I was recently invited to Istanbul to attend the second Masters of Wine Weekend. This is an event staged by Dr. Yunus Kocabasoglu, a local lover of wine and food, to highlight Turkish wine while facilitating discussion among winemakers and the five MW’s in attendance. I enjoyed Istanbul’s languid glow and the ebbs and flows...

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Celebratory Wines 2010: Tasting notes from Christmas Day

By Ned Goodwin MW Wed, Jan 12, 2011 10:54AM UTC View Comments

I know, I know! Tasting notes can make for an incredibly dull read but I will try and make these notes as entertaining as possible to whet the thirst for, at the very least, the better wines among my Christmas and New Year’s swag of bottles. First, I will present notes, insights and a tad of personalized scribble...

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Wines of Portugal: Touriga Nacional the brand to hang one’s hat on?

By Ned Goodwin MW Thu, Dec 30, 2010 11:06AM UTC View Comments

A worker carries a basket full of grapes during harvest in the hills of the Douro river valley, near Vila Real, in northern Portugal. Pic: AP.

Recently I was fortunate enough to attend the inaugural Wines of Portugal International Conference in Oporto as part of a contingent of fellow Masters of Wine, writers/bloggers and buyers. All invitees had been given a task, be it to give presentations on Asian perspectives on Portuguese wine, the power of social networking vis-à-vis Portuguese wine...

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