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February 3, 2026, 03:15 PM - 5 min read
A new story reveals a surprising disconnect: the language used to taste and talk about wine does not travel across cultures as smoothly as the industry assumes. This matters for the wine industry, because wine descriptions directly influence purchasing decisions and overall enjoyment.
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December 11, 2025, 04:49 PM - 6 min read
Our ancestors didn’t associate mulled wines with Christmas, so it seems likely that the pairing was popularised by Charles Dicken’s 1843 novella A Christmas Carol – like so much of what we now regard as a traditional Christmas.
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December 19, 2024, 08:38 AM - 6 min read
Medical accounts of red wine headaches go back to Roman times, but the experience is likely as old as winemaking – something like 10,000 years. As chemists specialising in winemaking, we wanted to try to figure out the source of these headaches.
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