http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2009/08/16/wart-campaign-update/ Deliciously Hedonistic Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:57:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2009/08/16/wart-campaign-update/comment-page-1/#comment-138233 Short & Simple: Wine temperature is f*****g important! « André Ribeirinho's Blog Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:38:27 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/?p=3255#comment-138233 [...] lover Alastair Bathgate created the smartly named WART (Wine At The Right Temperature) campaign a while ago to help promote wine at the right temperature amongst restaurants and wine bars. Join the campaign [...] [...] lover Alastair Bathgate created the smartly named WART (Wine At The Right Temperature) campaign a while ago to help promote wine at the right temperature amongst restaurants and wine bars. Join the campaign [...]

]]> http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2009/08/16/wart-campaign-update/comment-page-1/#comment-30641 Ricard Wed, 26 May 2010 10:38:59 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/?p=3255#comment-30641 Well said! I often have to send red wine back when it's a horrible soupy temperature, accentuating the tannins and making the acidity totally unpalatable, and regularly request that it be dipped in an icebucket for ten minutes. Sometimes they look bemused, but most of the time they comply with a shrug, making me feel like *I* am the weirdo. With the obscene markups you have to pay in this country anyway, it's unforgiveable that they should treat wine with such disrespect, and help perpetuate ignorance. Well said! I often have to send red wine back when it’s a horrible soupy temperature, accentuating the tannins and making the acidity totally unpalatable, and regularly request that it be dipped in an icebucket for ten minutes. Sometimes they look bemused, but most of the time they comply with a shrug, making me feel like *I* am the weirdo. With the obscene markups you have to pay in this country anyway, it’s unforgiveable that they should treat wine with such disrespect, and help perpetuate ignorance.

]]> http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2009/08/16/wart-campaign-update/comment-page-1/#comment-25553 Confessions of a Wino » Blog Archive » WART Campaign goes Facebook Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:04:22 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/?p=3255#comment-25553 [...] Wine At Right Temperature Campaign now has a Facebook Group.  If you are sick of frostbite on your lips from drinking a [...] [...] Wine At Right Temperature Campaign now has a Facebook Group.  If you are sick of frostbite on your lips from drinking a [...]

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