Wine book author and well-known potty mouth, Eric Arnold, (who now serves as Deputy Editor of Forbes.com) once described the wine grape Tannat to InterWined with one single word: “Ick.”
True, the grape is a sturdy one. Grown through SouthWest France, Argentina and widely across Uruguay, Tannat can only make “well-structured” wines, which is all too […]

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OK, so Eric Arnold didn’t win the Andre Simon award for best drinks-related book on Tuesday night and it has taken two days to fully recover.
But, that’s OK, as we drowned our sorrows at the bar with a bottle of Bollinger.
We later ate dinner with a group of friends at St. John. The menu included […]

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Welcome to the fourth edition of ‘InterWined in Conversation’ with our guest Eric Arnold, author of First Big Crush, nominated for the 2007 Andre Simon Book Awards.

Stay tuned, because, tonight, InterWined.com will be recording a special live interview with Eric at St. John’s in London to celebrate or commiserate the results.

Warning: the following interview contains offensive language unsuitable for anyone with any modicum of taste.

Further warning: the above warning is simply a ploy to get you to read the whole interview, which is pretty damn good.

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What’s with InterWined.com these days?
Well, what started with a power cut ended with a nasty cold…but now InterWined is back in action and ready to go with a week dedicated to the best in wine and food.
First up, an ‘InterWined in Conversation’ double-bill with 2007 Andre Simon Book Award nominee Eric Arnold, starting with the […]

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