Natural, organic, biodynamic, real wine and the people and places behind them

This site has hosted our writing on wine for many years, and it now finds a new home on Substack where all our publications, past and present, can be read.…

We have already tried to build an ark for forgotten grape varieties, and our list is still populated by examples of the rare and autochthonous. Sometimes they feature gloriously on…

The trouble with jargon is that it is catching. We consciously (or unconsciously) echo this slanguage as if using certain hackneyed words or expressions is the only way to grab…

In the Doctor Who episode "Robot of Sherwood," the Doctor angrily declares: "That isn't even funny. That was bantering. I am totally against bantering.”  Wine has come a long way since…

It just struck me. Next year, I will have worked 30 years for one company. The days of wine. Laughs, we had a few.  Allow me to clamber creakily into…

Mostly small and beautiful So many tastings, so little time. So say probably most of our customers. Not only is the calendar crammed with massive international fairs, conferences and symposiums,…

  Reputation can refer to renown (widespread fame) or esteem (the regard in which something is held). It is something that feeds on itself and grows larger until such time…

Popular singing has a highly valued place in Georgian culture. Polyphonic singing, in the Georgian language, is a secular tradition in a country whose language and culture have often been…

Les Caves doesn’t do Champagne and Burgundy tastings until they do. And so it came to pass with our inaugural punt into these regions on Monday October 13th at London's…

  They’re here! (Poltergeist) To whet your thirst, the following newbies are on order now, nestled in LCB and awaiting your surprise and delight: Beulah Violetta, Umbria Beulah, peel me…

“I hope your mind will explore the music and take you wherever the music takes you. It’s not a case of just singing along, it’s listening. It can be one…

Buy me brandy, A snifter of wine. Who am I kidding? I’ll drink turpentine. --Barney Gumble, ‘A Boozehound Named Barney’, The Simpson’s (a parody of ‘Feed The Birds’ from The…