Doug Decants: Casa Belfi, Raboso Colfondo
The birthplace of Casa Belfi natural wines is San Polo di Piave, Veneto, where the river meets the sea. The philosophy behind the project is the respect of natural processes…
Humour in wine
“Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile” ~ Homer (the poet, not the Simpson). Wine has inspired beautiful poems, tracts of…
Beyond The Wine List
Mais naturellement, Les Caves de Pyrene are winier than winey, with around 1,700 “references” (as the wine trade is wont to call them) from around 500 vignerons hailing from 18…
Jazzing Up Restaurant Wine Lists
“The butler returned with a huge album bound in crocodile leather. You are looking at the binding, I notice, said the host. It is the skin of a crocodile I…
Doug Decants: The Wines of Céline & Laurent Tripoz
Lochéd and loaded All the Tripoz vineyards (11 hectares) are in or just outside of Loché in the Maconnais, where the cellar is located. With vines on eastern exposures rooted…
Topping up the Georgians
It is public knowledge that we’ve had a love affair with Georgia for the past few years and were one of the first companies to seriously focus on importing wines…
Rest in Peace Haridimos Hatzidakis
A few days ago, the great Santorini winemaker, Haridimos Hatzidakis, sadly took his own life. Tributes have been pouring in and we wanted to add our own panegyric to the…
Can Natural Wines Age?
The beauty of natural wines is their singularity. Constantly evolving, they need to find their own time and place. The best natural wines result from sensible farming. Healthier vineyards, tended…
What We Are Reading: The Dirty Guide to Wine + Tasting Georgia
The Dirty Guide To Wine Following Flavours From Ground To Glass by Alice Feiring We often think of wine in a very square way – for example, we might group…
Doug Decants: 2016 Burja Zelen, Vipavska Dolina
The third generation to cultivate grapes in his region, Primoz left the family estate in 2009 to start his own label, ‘Burja’, the name of the strong wind that blows…