Letter to and from America: Part Two
A long drive awaited us on our second full day in Cali but we had oodles of time to burn, a hungry Mustang to eat up the mileage and some…
Doug Decants: Pet Natty Spats
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the moment anyone even mentions the words “summer” and “rosé” in the same sentence then the heavens inevitablu open and decant merrily on…
Letter to and from America: Part One
From LA to Los Alamos to Paso Robles Lo-Fi Wines to AmByth Estate We flew into LA Airport aka the stale prince of hell air with its long and long-suffering…
Real Wine Fair Videos: Elena Panaleoni, La Stoppa
Watch Elena at the Real Wine Fair 2016 talk what 'real wine' means to her: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hESPTBqwtPw&feature=youtu.be And here's a bit about La Stoppa: Elena Pantaleoni’s father, a printer, bought the property…
Real Wine Fair Videos: John Wurdeman of Pheasant’s Tears
It was, as always, a pleasure to have John Wurdeman at the Real Wine Fair 2016. In addition to pouring his soulful wines, John and a few of his fellow…
Real Wine Fair videos: Tom Lubbe of Domaine Matassa
"How does a New Zealander who grew up in South Africa end up starting an iconoclastic estate in the Roussillon?" says Tom Lubbe's U.S. importer Louis-Dressner on their website. "This…
Doug Decants:
Matassa Cuvée Alexandria from Tom Lubbe, a true beauty of a flaming sunset of a desert island wine. From the Muscat of Alexandria, a synonym of which is Tottenham Park Muscat.…