Doug Decants: Valtellina, a Trio of West Aussies, and Sherry
NEW WINES Les Chiavs de Pyrene have moved into Valtellina Balgera is a boutique winery located in Chiuro, one of the wine growing villages of Valtellina area, in the region…
Artisans of Oz: a round up
And so to the land of Bansky murals, and enough hipsters and bearded baristas to make AA Gill expel the plums moulded to his mouth and break out in hives.…
Drinking Wine, Not Ideology
Simon Woolfâs piece on natural wine in Meininger caused another minor kerfuffle in a carafe in the oenosphere. These articles are always timely in that even though they are written with…
Tasting No-Notes
I stopped writing tasting notes years ago â not sure whether it was out of laziness or ennui, or whether it suddenly simply seemed trite to reduce a wine to…
When the Wine Tastes You
What are the most important factors that affect the way you taste wine? Is it the inherent quality of the wine itself and its potential to communicate itself lucidly? Do…
Wine and The Golden Rule of Business
Itâs not just dog eat dog. Itâs dog doesnât return other dogâs phone calls. (Woody Allen) Morals? Canât afford them guvânor. (Alfred Doolittle, Pygmalion â George Bernard Shaw) Those are…
A Treading of Grapes
For all our friends in the northern hemisphere who are gathering grapes in vineyards or toiling in their cellars⌠The Vine â âCometh the full grape cluster on the vine.…
Upcoming Tastings: September/October 2016
Sherry Amour â Trade tasting Date:Â Monday 12th September 2016 Time:Â 10.30am - 5.00pm Venue:Â OXO2, Bargehouse Street, London, SE1 9PH Catch up with Les Cavistes on table 17 where…
Coming soon…Another Occhipinti â no, Andrea Occhipinti
This estate is based on the slopes surrounding the Volcanic lake of Bolsena; the region is part of Maremma (called âTusciaâ in Lazio), about 15 minutesâ drive from the Tuscan…
Six September Recommendations
September, officially the beginning of autumn⌠Summer ends now; now, barbarous in beauty, the Stooks arise Around; up above, what wind-walks! what lovely behaviour Of silk-sack clouds! Has wilder, willful-waiver …