The Editor Speaks

That was quick!

Photograph by Matt Wilson

You wait an age for a copy of Winefullness Magazine to come along, and then, before you know it, there's already another edition, all hidden behind a mysterious black and white cover, waiting for you to read.

No sooner have you finished enjoying our two Italian editions than we're here pushing The 'Black and White' edition. It's the start of an avalanche of wine writing and information we're giving to you, and in the next three months we have editions that look at the latest Bordeaux En Primeur campaign, what Cyprus is bringing to the world of wine, a return visit to California and a brief journey to Spain.

There are other events planned, but we're not giving you all the goodies up just yet. Just be happy that Winefullness Magazine is now more regular than a bowl full of fibre!

The 'Black and White' edition starts with an excellently organised tasting of some of the best that the region of Champagne has to offer at this very moment, and by best we're not talking average! The quality was high, the consistency was rocking the numbers, and it was so hard to find just seven recommendations to bring to you.

What about the fifteen questions' inside I can hear nobody ask from outside the lofty heights of Winefullness Tower?

Almost from the beginning of the time when Winefullness Magazine was growing from a tiny blog into one of the fastest growing online wine magazines, a regular feature was sitting our interviewees down and firing 15 questions in their general direction, because behind every person involved in the wine game, there's a font of interesting stories and recollections just below the surface, and so far we have not been let down.

A while ago I decided to let this section rest while other ideas were given an outing, but you just can't keep a good section down, and it's back to give a snapshot of what the wine world has to say.

The idea is that once a year the call will go out and a collection of people will answer the same 15 questions, giving their differing answers and helping you to see just how diverse and wide this wonderful world of wine is.

In this edition we have a wide range of luminaries, from writers, growers, owners, right down to the person who keeps us all in business, the consumer, and it is hoped that this will become a yearly feature of Winefullness Magazine. Yes, I'm already looking for volunteers for next year, so if you're interested get in touch. Next year I'd like to include 15 of you answering the 15 questions!

Now the time for me yakking is over, and it's time for you to give this edition a read, but you'd better be quick, because instead of the usual three month wait, we're working at a pace, and already preparing the next issue (all my in-trays marked 'urgent' and 'Winefullness' are filling up as I write these words) for the start of June.

Bye for now

Tony Harries

Editor of Winefullness Magazine

Photograph by Matt Wilson