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Lock Up Your Jewellery Jancis – There's A Burgler About!

First it was Hugh Johnson’s priceless garden antique  and now it’s Michael Broadbent’s bicycle. Yes, dear readers, a crime-wave seems to be sweeping over Britain’s most revered wine writers. Back in March this year,  Mr Johnson had a 17th century astronomical sphere  ”half inched” from his Essex garden. Johnson, the legendary glass sniffer, lives in [...]

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Decanter Magazine + Minimum Wage Glass Cleaners = Worst Use of Online Video Ever Seen

This video is entitled “Behind the scenes at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter 2008″ and it’s a real joy to behold – in the sense that it is utterly awful. The video opens with a shot of the hired help polishing glasses in a kitchen whilst our hapless (personality free) narrator asks one of the poor [...]

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