In which Old Parn trots out a bit of advice on how to choose good wine in a UK supermarket
opinion
Wine’s image problem is about far more than supermarket pricing
In which Old Parn outlines his own opinion as to why a love of wine is so often associated with snobbery
The Shit Written On Wine Labels
In which Old Parn takes issue with the arse-woundingly banal, turgid bunch of old silage that gets written on wine labels
Read me blathering about wine on Groupon
In which Old Parn introduces his first wine-themed guest post — lesser-known alternatives to popular white grapes
Is Naked Wines capturing the winos of tomorrow?
In which Old Parn comments upon Naked Wines growth in the online wine retail market, and its apparent success in grabbing the interest of web-savvy customers and influencers — the gold-dust wine consumers of tomorrow?
Wine writing, irreverence and rebellion
In which Old Parn takes issue with the idea that wine is due any kind of reverence — and defends an anti-establishment stance on the subject of wine writing
Naked Wines launches Marketplace. (Disruptive young scamps.)
In which Old Parn laboriously and digressively Deals The Scoop on a new marketplace venture by online wine retailer Naked Wines
Wine reviews vs restaurant reviews
In which Parn muses on the difference between restaurant reviewers and wine reviewers in the public eye
Five reasons to swear — about wine or anything else
In which Old Parn sets out his Manifesto For A Blogosphere Of Unrestrained Profanity — enumerating the reasons for which swearing in a blog post is not only justified, but positively to be encouraged
Wine writing is broken
In which Old Parn launches into a tirade at the leprous state of wine writing in 2011, and the miserable failure of its practitioners, en masse, to inspire, engage or reach out through their words