A Pocketful of Natural Wines near Rye
This is a follow up to the recent Q & A with Ben Walgate of Tillingham (which is the name of Benâs nascent wine project in East Sussex). Outside of…
Nouveau Nouveau: Christina Rasmussen
Bojo Nouveau is vieux chapeau, nâest-ce pas? By no means! Christina Rasmussen describes how we are falling in love with a new style of new juice. Christina works as wine…
Doug decants: The Wines of Didier Barral (Faugères)
I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright. âHenry David Thoreau This Renaissance man, naturalist, and biodynamic…
Unicorn Wines: Part One
Unicornucopia! There are wines which are so rare because to make them requires nature to smile on the vineyard, or for the vigneron to feel that the quality of the…
New and grooving wines
Forthcoming new and grooving wines Natural Burgundy, Napoleonâs favourite tipple (sort of), rare volcanic gems, tiny production single vineyard Barolo, a natural Retsina (yes!), a cool Malbec-dominated wine from a…
Doug Decants: Andert Wine
Michael Andert was born into a large family and grew up on a farm with mixed agriculture, livestock and viticulture and learned to respect his family, his animals and the…
A guest podcast episode with: Si Vintners on The Vincast
Based in Melbourne, James Scarcebrook has worked on all sides of the Australian wine industry He blogs on his website, The Intrepid Wino, and is the host of the popular podcast The…
Chatting with: Ben Walgate, the qvevri-crazed English natural winemaker
Ben Walgate is currently making natural wines in Georgian qvevri on his farm in East Sussex. We ask him about his journey to the amber side and what the future…
Doug Decants: Rabasco Wines, Abruzzo
The Not-so-Full Montes Iole Rabasco inherited her familyâs small vineyard and olive grove, neither of which have ever been treated with chemicals. And sheâs taken that blessing and run with it.…
Another Rare Creature: Ribeyrenc
Our spare Ribeyrenc Ribeyrenc, also Rybeyrenc, though grape encyclopaediae will have it under the more prosaic-sounding Aspiran noir), is a variety that was traditionally grown between Minervois and Clermont…