Well, that's it

Well, all good things must come to an end, and the not so good things as well. There hasn't been any deliberation this time and as of today, the jury will no longer be in session.

There's a number of reasons why, but they all relate to when I/we changed the name. You might say that we're only a blog, and you might be right, but there lies part of the problem; It's safe to say that we have big, fat, golden tickets on ourselves, and our ego's demand something bigger and better than just another blog with a few loyal readers. Our name was wrong, the design was wrong and ultimately as a result, the content went wrong. We never stuck to our mission, because we never had one in the first place.

Last week I flicked through of Matt Skinners 'Juice' books, and while I wanted to punch the very easy target of his long snout for using '!' at every opportunity, I couldn't help but be infected by his joy for the wines he talked about. It's been a while since I've felt excited by the wine world, and that's symptomatic of the way wine writers approach the subject. Wine is a joy, a pleasure, something that we should celebrate. It cannot be defined by a number between 1-100 and as Jancis Robinson so rightly states, a love of wine is not defined by the amount and/or cost of the bottles in your cellar.

The world of wine is overpopulated with pomposity, arrogance and conceit. There's a million and one things that make me not proud to be a wine lover, but they're too many to list and frankly I don't have the energy.

So to everyone who's been fool enough to follow me to this point, so long and thanks for coming.
I'll lick my wounds, decide what exactly it is the world of wine doesn't need and I'll be back once I'm fully reloaded.

Anyone wanting to comment can do so by mailing me (northcotegrandjury@gmail.com). I'd genuinely appreciate thoughts/opinions etc.

Until then, be seeing you.