Controlled Greed (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
In his Daily Telegraph column entitled, "Just Because We've Lost a Decade Doesn't Mean We Should Lose Heart," Tom Stevenson writes: Investors considering whether today's stock market represents an attractive long-term buying opportunity face a similar dilemma. As we are...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Earlier this year I would have viewed a rate cut with enthusiasm writes Tom Stevenson.
The Wine Blokes (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... wines, 85%. The judges for the show are James Halliday, Huon Hooke, and international judge Tom Stevenson.The following awards will be made at the show: Best Riesling Best Chardonnay Best 3 Year Old Pinot Noir Best Pinot Noir Best Other Red Variety or Blend Best Other White Variety or Blend Best Museum Wine International Judge’s Selection Chairman’s Selection Best Value Wine Best 2008 Vintage...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
World of Fine Wine is a British-produced magazine for wine's true deep thinkers, the enological equivalent of Utne Reader. Scores and ratings are subordinate in favor of lengthy essays by such wine luminaries as Terry Theise and Hugh Johnson, and talented wine writers like Neal Martin and Tom Stevenson. With glossy, heavy stock, it could easily linger on the bookshelf for a couple decades. The...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Alistair Darling's pre-Budget report was an electoral gambit, not an economic one, writes Tom Stevenson.
The Wine Case (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
... named the Greatest Wine Producer in the Atlantic Northeast region for the fifth year in a row, in Tom Stevenson’s 2009 Wine Report. And judging from what I’ve tasted, it seems well-deserved. I’d had a sip or two at the WBC, and asked Melissa Dobson if I could bring a bottle home to write more thorough tasting notes. I’m very glad she let me do so. Now, although it is virtually unknown in...
The Passionate Foodie (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
I usually do not purchase annual wine buying guides but there is one annual guide that I do purchase each year, though it is not quite a buying guide. The Wine Report 2009 , edited by Tom Stevenson (DK Publishing, Inc., October 2008, $15.00), recommends plenty of wines but there is much more to the book than that. It also has plenty of wine news, vintage reports, regional information and essays...
Controlled Greed (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Tom Stevenson writes yet another thoughtful column in the Daily Telegraph. He says we're in the "Great Deleverage" and lists five traits the best investments will share in this world:They will have rock-solid finances. They will not be dependent on...
LENNDEVOURS (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
Congratulations to Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars, Wolffer Estate, Bedell Cellars, Lenz Winery and Paumanok Vineyards for placing first through fifth on the "Greatest Wine Producers" list for the Atlantic Northeast region in Tom Stevenson's "Wine Report 2009." Dr....
De Long Wine Moment (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
... much opinions vary: ALSACE 1997 Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins d’Alsace 5/5 (5) BBR 9/10 (5) Tom Stevenson 90/100 (5) Williamson & Moore 4 to 4.75 (4.375) Hugh Johnson 7-9 (4) Wine Spectator 89 (4) Robert Parker 87 (4) Hachette 13/20 (3.25) The Wine Society 6/10 (3) Average (4.18) note: my interpretation of each score is shown in (parenthesis) The scores run from 3 (good) to 5 (excellent)....
Controlled Greed (Free subscription) | 25/10/2008
... passive investors get active. Especially those with the long-term records of Hawkins and Cates. Tom Stevenson writes in the Daily Telegraph about the five things investors believed six months ago, but now don't . "Investors have changed their minds about so many things over the past six months that they will take certainty wherever they can find it. If the certainty on offer is the long...
