Three whites that are worth drinking

12:38pm Saturday 15th November 2008

In this week’s Tipping’s Tipples, Mike Tipping wonders about trends in wine and recommends three whites that are worth drinking, trendy or not.

Rioja wines

10:27am Saturday 8th November 2008

In this week’s Tipping’s Tipples, Mike Tipping remembers it’s been a while since he recommended any Rioja wines

Never say you don’t like a wine until you have tried it

11:53am Saturday 25th October 2008

WE ARE blessed in this country to have a whole world of wines to pick from. Variety is the spice of life so please never say, “I don’t know much about wine but I know what I like” until you have tried every wine available. There are three good ones here to get you started.

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Modern, fruity reds

8:45am Saturday 18th October 2008

MY DENTIST started a conversation about wine during some treatment I was undergoing. It was almost impossible to reply with my mouth held open by G-clamps and my cheeks padded with cotton wool. But I was able to invite him to a ‘grine caseking’ sometime soon.

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Americans can be confusing

9:40am Saturday 4th October 2008

TRUST the Americans to confuse things. As if it’s not enough that the words football and fag have different meanings on the other side of the Pond, some bright spark decided to change the name of a grape variety too.

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Mike Tipping waves his ’magic’ wand at some fine reds from New Zealand

11:03am Saturday 27th September 2008

Izzy, whizzy, let’s get busy! Children’s TV star Sooty, of Sooty and Sweep fame, used to tap his magic wand against all manner of glove puppet-sized props. I’m sure the Sootster would not be so carefree with the Philip Stein Wine Decanting Wand, which is priced at about £200 and looks very fragile. The wine wand, looks like something you might slot into the control panel of the TARDIS and claims to speed up the decanting of red wine using natural frequencies. All you have to do is place it in a glass of wine for two to three minutes.

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