This blog had lost its way. It took the charismatic inclusiveness of the wonderful Keith Floyd to reanimate the somnolent Old Parn. The result: a new beginning of sorts…
principles
The Extravagant Complexity of Wine (inspired by white Rioja)
In which Old Parn recounts the tale of his first serious wine purchase — and muses on the notions of choice and experimentation with the aid of a very nice bottle of white Rioja
What I like (wine and metaphor)
In which Old Parn meditates upon the human face of wine, and the wonders of the metaphor
Old Parn’s Wine Awards 2011, part 2
In which your host doles out some more awards, in his customarily otiose manner, including those for best wine retailers — and your own favourite posts from 2011
Old Parn’s Wine Awards 2011
In which Old Parn presents the first tranche of wine awards for the year that has been
Old Parn’s Christmas Wine Recommendation
In which Old Parn comes out with it and gives his own (much sought-after) opinion as to which wine you should be drinking this Christmas
How to choose wine in the supermarket
In which Old Parn trots out a bit of advice on how to choose good wine in a UK supermarket
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
Wine and sex
In which Old Parn — in celebration of his 100th post — draws a shimmering parallel between two hedonistic pastimes