Richard Hemming

Richard Hemming

@richardhemming.bsky.social

Master of Wine | Head of Creative, Asia for JancisRobinson.com | Freelance wine consultant | meanwhileinsingapore.substack.com | mwstudybuddy.substack.com | Singapore | Sometimes funny.

430 Followers 47 Following 99 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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124 wines reviewed, revealing assorted treasures buried in the far south-western corner of Australia. Richard reports.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/tasting-great-southern

#jancisrobinson #winereviews #winetasting #winesoftheworld #australianwine

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4 days ago
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Discovering Western Australia’s wine wilderness. Richard reports.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/visiting-great-southern

#jancisrobinson #winereviews #winetasting #wineknowledge #wine @australianwine

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1 week ago

Wine communicators! The #67Awards closes for entries at midnight UK time today. Free to enter 5 x £3k prizes available, full details at: 67awards.com/2026

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1 month ago
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Don't join the club You can keep your quaich, Jimmy!

Nancy Mitford described how writers should have a shard of ice in the heart. It’s hard to maintain that shard when you’re wearing a floppy hat, drunk and being embraced by a red-cheeked Frenchman. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/join-our-c...

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1 month ago
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#MWStudyBuddy 006 - February 2026 Your free monthly newsletter of targeted MW study resources

Every month I send a free newsletter full of useful wine study facts for MW students - here's the latest: mwstudybuddy.substack.com/p/mwstudybud...

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1 month ago
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We're excited to announce that a new, completely revised edition of The World Atlas of Wine is out this autumn.

A huge achievement and now available to pre-order:
https://geni.us/xLU7S

#jancisrobinson #WorldAtlasOfWine #wineknowledge #winecommunity #winesoftheworld @octopus_books_

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1 month ago
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#MWStudyBuddy EXTRA: AMA, vol 1 Answering MW study questions from subscribers

"Worth its weight in gold" according to one subscriber!

mwstudybuddy.substack.com/p/mwstudybud...

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1 month ago
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The Buyer | The Drinking Hour's David Kermode on what makes a good podcast If you are reading this then, thankyou…as there are now so many more options and distractions for your time, be it scrolling through social media, watching the latest AI-produced reel, or increasingly...

Hats off to David Kermode who was 1 of the 1st drinks podcasts when he launched #TheDrinkingHour on @FoodFMRadio 5 years ago. To mark his 250th episode @TheBuyer11 talks to him about his podcast journey & what he thinks the key to making a good podcast is. www.the-buyer.net/people/the-d...

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1 month ago
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Richard's WoW – you need to know this guy! From $23.95 or £21 (2023 vintage).

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/bonny-doon-le-cigare-blanc-2022-central-coast

#jancisrobinson #winereviews #wineoftheweek #wineproducer #winesoftheworld

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2 months ago
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The Luxury Strategies: In Conversation With Jean-Noël Kapferer - Areni Global The Luxury Strategies: In Conversation With Jean-Noël Kapferer an Emeritus Professor of Marketing at HEC Paris. He holds the Pernod-Ricard Chair on the Management of Prestige Brands and teaches Luxury...

Really enjoyed this podcast on luxury, and how it relates to wine, from Areni: areni.global/the-luxury-s...

It's a long listen, but worthwhile.

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2 months ago
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Residential Writing Course with Simon J Woolf Spend a week in the beautiful Slovenian countryside working on your writing

Calling all wine and food writers, professional or aspiring.

I'm hosting a residential course on non-fiction writing this May.

We'll be based in a beautiful location in the hills of Vipava, Slovenia.

Full details & how to book:

themorningclaret.com/p/writing-co...

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2 months ago
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Very heavy cormorant

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2 months ago

At least it wasn't the aubergine one.

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2 months ago
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The JancisRobinson.com Podcast: The Jancis Robinson Story E7: Pressing The Jancis Robinson Story is a seven-episode series telling the definitive story of Jancis Robinson's life so far, including her extraordinary career in as a wine writer.Recorded in person througho...

The final episode of the Jancis Robinson Story podcast is full of trivia and offcuts that didn't make it into the main series: opera, fashion, Christmas presents, favourite tv and books, anxiety and tipsiness.

Listen here: pod.fo/e/36acc6

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2 months ago
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It isn't easy making a living from writing about wine "I've done things that seemed unthinkable before the war."

I wrote a thing about the compromises almost all wine writers have to make these days to commercial interests. We have to be our own editors, agents, advertising departments and somehow not have any conflicts of interest. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/it-isnt-ea...

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3 months ago
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Part three of an eight-part series on how to pair wine with Asian flavours, adapted from Richard’s book. 

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/matching-wine-asian-food-part-4-floralfragrant-and-citric

#jancisrobinson #asianfoodpairing #asianfood #foodandwine #wineknowledge

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3 months ago
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#MWStudyBuddy 002 - October 2025 Your free monthly newsletter of targeted MW study resources

50% is reexported - mostly to Japan, and mostly LVMH brands (see mwstudybuddy.substack.com/p/mwstudybud...)

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3 months ago
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1980's celebrity beckons: big spectacles, big hair, big opportunities. 

The fifth of our seven-part podcast series, this week featuring the inimitable Julian Barnes.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/jancis-robinson-story-episode-5-yielding

#jancisrobinson #winepodcast #winewriter

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3 months ago
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The fourth of a new seven-part podcast series. Tune in to hear what Oz Clarke and a certain former proprietor of L’Escargot have to say on Jancis’s life and career so far

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/jancis-robinson-story-episode-4-fruiting

Also available wherever you get your podcasts.

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3 months ago
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The third episode of a new seven-part podcast series giving the definitive story of Jancis’s life and career so far.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/jancis-robinson-story-episode-3-training

Also available wherever you get your podcasts.

#jancisrobinson

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3 months ago
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Episode 2 of The Jancis Robinson Story podcast out today.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/jancis-robinson-story-episode-2-flowering

Also available wherever you get your podcasts. 

#jancisrobinson #winepodcast #winewriter #winewriting #winecommunity #wineindustry

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4 months ago
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Part three of an eight-part series on how to pair wine with Asian flavours, adapted from Richard’s book. 

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/matching-wine-asian-food-part-3-aromatic-flavours

#jancisrobinson #winesoftheworld #foodandwine #winepairing #asianfoodpairing #asianfood

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4 months ago
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#MWStudyBuddy 003 - November 2025 Your free monthly newsletter of targeted MW study resources

I didn't even realise white Malbec was a thing.

open.substack.com/pub/mwstudyb...

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4 months ago
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Dan & Dan: The Elephant in the Room YouTube video by dananddanfilms

Gosh, after a seven year absence, my friend @dananddanfilms.bsky.social is back!

I mean - i'm thrilled that Dan is back, but i've never much liked Dan to be honest.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V1K...

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4 months ago
A man in an apron, aptly named Apronni, addresses his coworker:

APRONNI: JULIORA! A little bird told me it was your birthday next Wednesday!

Juliora comes in to reply. 

JULIORA: A little bird? Like, a BIRD bird? TALKED to you?
APRONNI: Yeah. Came to my window last night around eight.

Now we see a little pigeon perched on the sill of an open window. Apparently Apronni lives in a barn, or something like a barn? It’s not entirely clear.

BIRD: Pssst. Hey buddy. [Apronni enters.] She’s been looking at ski boots on Zappos. Do what you will with this information.

Back in the office now, flashback over.

JULIORA: Because I’VE seen a little bird too! It let me know when a Zumba class opened up in my area!

ENTREBERT (entering with his hands held a pigeon’s width apart): A little bird? About yea big? Knows a lot about when jeans go on sale? Yeah, I’ve seen ‘I’m!

APRONNI: I guess it must be the same little bird visiting everyone!

Cut back to the bird, still on the windowsill. Part of the flashback from earlier? It’s not entirely clear.

BIRD: I’m very tired

A little bird told me that there's a comic here for you to read!

Wondermark #1370; The Avian Informant (Part 1 of 2)

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4 months ago
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Days of wine and noses: the life of a critic | The Observer Getting paid to drink all day might sound like a dream job. But what’s it really like to be a wine critic?

A fantastic portrait of life in the wine trade courtesy of David Williams in this week's Observer.
Hats off to him for the humour, honesty and realism he brings to this 25-year overview of the ups and downs involved…

observer.co.uk/style/food/a...

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4 months ago
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Part two of an eight-part series on how to pair wine with Asian flavours, adapted from Richard’s book.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/matching-wine-asian-food-part-2-fail-safe-bottles

#winepairing #wineandfood #asianfood #asianfoodpairing #wineknowledge #jancisrobinson

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5 months ago

Great piece! I enjoyed this.

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5 months ago
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#MWStudyBuddy 001 - September 2025 Your free monthly newsletter of targeted MW study resources

... and the first #MWStudybuddy is out today! Free, targeted resources for MW students, published every month.
open.substack.com/pub/mwstudyb...

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5 months ago
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About - MW Study Buddy A free monthly newsletter full of targeted resources for Master of Wine students. Click to read MW Study Buddy, by Richard Hemming, a Substack publication. Launched 15 days ago.

Calling all MW students! My new, free monthly newsletter full of targeted resources for the MW programme launches this weekend: mwstudybuddy.substack.com/about

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