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Floyd on Parn

Posted on December 12, 2018January 7, 2019by Old Parn
Keith Floyd

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…

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The Extravagant Complexity of Wine (inspired by white Rioja)

Posted on May 24, 2012January 4, 2019by Old Parn

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

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What I like (wine and metaphor)

Posted on May 4, 2012May 4, 2012by Old Parn

In which Old Parn meditates upon the human face of wine, and the wonders of the metaphor

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Old Parn’s Wine Awards 2011, part 2

Posted on January 8, 2012January 8, 2012by Old Parn

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

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Old Parn’s Wine Awards 2011

Posted on December 28, 2011December 28, 2011by Old Parn

In which Old Parn presents the first tranche of wine awards for the year that has been

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Old Parn’s Christmas Wine Recommendation

Posted on December 24, 2011by Old Parn

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

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How to choose wine in the supermarket

Posted on August 13, 2011February 5, 2019by Old Parn

In which Old Parn trots out a bit of advice on how to choose good wine in a UK supermarket

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Wine’s image problem is about far more than supermarket pricing

Posted on August 8, 2011August 8, 2011by Old Parn

In which Old Parn outlines his own opinion as to why a love of wine is so often associated with snobbery

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The Shit Written On Wine Labels

Posted on August 3, 2011January 27, 2019by Old Parn
A macro shot of the text written on the back of a bottle of red wine from Marks & Spencer

In which Old Parn takes issue with the arse-woundingly banal, turgid bunch of old silage that gets written on wine labels

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Wine and sex

Posted on July 21, 2011July 20, 2011by Old Parn

In which Old Parn — in celebration of his 100th post — draws a shimmering parallel between two hedonistic pastimes

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