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  Excessive Profits AJ Linn Among the many topics that food lovers frequently discuss is the price of wine in restaurants. Excessive uplifts upset everyone, the winery, the distributor, and the consumer, but the restaurants are the decision-makers, so we have to pay their often-exorbitant prices. Or do we? London is referred to as 'The Rip-off Capital of the Wine World' in a recent The Spectator article. The greediest culprits are named and shamed, notably Hestor Blumenthal's The Fat Duck, and Robert de Niro's Nobu. The Fat Duck's list features wines at 900 euros, many based on a 500% mark-up. Nobu (incidentally just opened in Marbella) is a serial offender in every country it operates, with a similar mark-up. Typically a French Bordeaux costing 88 pounds retail will be listed at 650. There cannot be a winemaker or distributor who has not attempted to pe ›
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Wine Tastings

  Wine Tastings AJ Linn A sad fact of life is that very few people know how to organise a proper wine tasting. Typically it starts with a phon ›
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Georgia on my Mind

Georgia on my Mind (Originally published in Spanish in Diario Sur 26 Oct 13) AJ Linn Georgia is a fascinating country with a unique mix of civilisations. ›
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Inflated Wines

INFLATED WINES AJ Linn (Originally published in Spanish in Diario Sur) Wine producers have always criticised restaurants for charging too much for their ›
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The Judgement of Paris

THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS AJ Linn (Originally published in Spanish in the Diario Sur 18 Feb 12) In spite of the t ›
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"Oxenfest" in Marbella's Beautiful Secluded Woodlands.

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