{"id":6653,"date":"2018-03-20T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/?p=6653"},"modified":"2022-05-11T12:41:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T11:41:51","slug":"talking-wine-march-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/talking-wine-march-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Wine &#8211; March 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date entry-date published\" datetime=\"2018-03-20T15:25:00+00:00\" title=\"20 March 2018 at 15:25:00 Europe\/London\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">9 years ago<\/time><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1>Talking Wine &#8211; March 2018<\/h1>\n<p>Those of you who read this column on a regular basis will know that I am not keen on celebrities owning Vineyards unless they really do know what they are doing and are going to get involved in the hard work and toil that the project will demand. However perhaps I feel less strongly having read that Sir Ian Botham is going to get involved in creating his own brands at 3 different price points. He will not own the properties but will help select wines based on his contacts and experiences in this field. Unlike many celebrities Sir Ian does actually know quite a bit about wine , learnt during his many cricket tours abroad to wine producing countries such as New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. He is already in collaboration with Geoff Merrill (Aussie winemaker) and Bob Willis (ex cricketer) having created the BMW brand and will bring his experience to ensuring that the various quality levels reach more that acceptable levels. I wish him luck and look forward to see the wines he selects especially at the mid and higher price points<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I have just read about a man seriously injured when a champagne bottle exploded whilst resting between his legs ! The explosion severed an artery and there are no reports about damage to his tackle. Whilst a cork explodes out of a bottle at 50 mph and can cause serious injury rarely does a bottle explode and this is almost certainly down to a weakness in the glass. The pressure in a bottle is 90 lbs per square inch &#8211; more than a car tyre &#8211; and we once had to replace a Nebuchadnezzar (20 bottles) which exploded in a pub &#8211; thankfully at night! There might be a lesson here.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A bottle of Japanese Yamazaki 50 year old single malt fetched a new record price at a recent auction in Hong Kong. It sold for \u00a3209,000 &#8211; twice the estimate and reflects the current whisky market. Interestingly a whisky investment fund has just been set up by a Swedish businessman, similar to many Bordeaux investment companies &#8211; some legitimate, some not ! Again be cautious but rare whisky could well form part of your retirement plan if you take advice and start early.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_author vcard author color_link_inherit with_ava avapos_top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/author\/tedmd\/\" class=\"fn\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"post-author-ava\" style=\"font-size:96px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-96x96.png\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/div><\/a><div class=\"post-author-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/author\/tedmd\/\" class=\"post-author-name fn\">Ted Sandbach<\/a><div class=\"post-author-info\">Ted studied History and Physical Education at Loughborough University before teaching at Magdalen College School in Oxford for 7 years. He gave up teaching to follow his passion for wine and cut his teeth at Stevens Garnier in Wine retail. During this time he travelled extensively and took his wine exams including the Diploma \u2013 which he will admit is much harder these days! Frustration and ambition prompted him to start The Oxford Hamper Company in 1985 which by 1992 had metamorphosed into The Oxford Wine Company.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"9 years agoTalking Wine &#8211; March 2018 Those of you who read this column on a regular basis will know that I am not keen on celebrities owning Vineyards unless...","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[100,79,80,105,104,22,23,24,103,21,102],"class_list":["post-6653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-talking_wine","tag-champagne","tag-england","tag-englishwine","tag-ianbotham","tag-japanesewhisky","tag-oxfordwine","tag-talkingwine","tag-tedsandbach","tag-whisky","tag-wine","tag-yamazaki"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Talking Wine - March 2018 - Oxford Wine Company<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/talking-wine-march-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Talking Wine - March 2018 - Oxford Wine Company\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/talking-wine-march-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Oxford Wine Company\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theoxfordwinecompany\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-20T15:25:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-11T11:41:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ted Sandbach\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TheOxfordWineCo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TheOxfordWineCo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ted Sandbach\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oxfordwine.co.uk\\\/owc\\\/talking-wine-march-2018\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oxfordwine.co.uk\\\/owc\\\/talking-wine-march-2018\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ted Sandbach\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oxfordwine.co.uk\\\/owc\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/429d0557e47aa59854a0f44e780ed621\"},\"headline\":\"Talking Wine &#8211; 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