The Real Alternative Wine Glossary: L
Label ā Luxury CuvĆ©e Label - Never judge a label by its wine. Labels ā Did you know that the text on all wine back labels is written by the…
Wise After the Event: Les Caves at Three Wine Men
Whilst we do many small and varied tastings for the trade itās so important to connect properly with the public and tell the real stories about the wines. Whilst Les…
It’s Raining New Wines
Buy, buy, buy! There aināt no sanity clause as far as our buyers are concerned as new wines continue to rain/snow/hail into our portfolio from all corners of the globe.…
The Life Inside the Bottle
"Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from.ā Every so often, when there is a full moon,…
The Real Alternative Wine Glossary: K
Dr Caligariās Kabinett ā Kubrickballs Kabinett, Dr Caligariās ā A place - and the cult film of the place - where otherworldly expressionist wines are stored. The psychological horror version…
Anatomy of a Wine Dinner
I have just done my last two wine events for the year which involved a mixture of singing for the suppers of others and riding various hobbyhorses in many directions.…
Per L’Amore di Timorasso
Timorasso,Ā hailing from the Colli TortonesiĀ wine regionĀ in south eastĀ Piemonte (not far fromĀ GaviĀ in fact), is one of the most excitingĀ Italian autochthonous grape varietiesĀ to surface in recent years. Having said that not a…
Whatās newing and grooving in our glass?
The following new arrivals on our list are begging for your attention! Not so Primitivo A natty Primitivo del Salento Nataly from Natalino del Prete joins the justifiably popular Negromaro…
The Real Alternative Wine Glossary: J
Jabberwock - Juvescent Jabberwock ā The language of certain wine commentators. Jacobās CreekĀ - Father Ted (hunched over picnic basket to conceal what he is doing): Okay, Father, Iām just getting…
A Matter of Taste
Revisiting Taste, Tasters and Tastings Looking at the glass-twitchers, sniffers and slurpers at one of our recent shindigs made me think that tasting is as much about mood as anything.…
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