I’m so glad that I ventured into cyberspace as long ago as 2000 and have long been puzzled by how few of my British wine writing colleagues have followed suit. Now comes news that five of them are leaping together into the world of online publishing with www.thewinegang.com.
I’m told that the prime movers behind The Wine Gang were The Observer wine correspondent Tim Atkin MW, online pioneer Tom Cannavan of www.wine-pages.com and ‘Wine Idol’ Olly Smith. They subsequently persuaded the respective wine correspondents of The Independent and The Sunday Times, Anthony Rose and Joanna Simon, to join...