Doug Does Croatia
Day One: As The Cro Flies We love a good cliché and to stereotype the wine potential of a country. When you think of Croatia you imagine the grand sweep…
Doug Decants: polOpuesto wines
The Uco valley is a semi-arid desert region in a rain shadow created by the high mass of the Andes range, which blocks the passage of westerly winds that would…
The History of Les Caves de Pyrene in 10 ½ Chapters
Introduction A couple of years ago I was in a San Francisco natural wine bar and proffered my card to pay my tab at the end of the evening. The…
Wine Controversies: Mark Ups in Restaurants? Blame the Bean Counters and the Government
Accountants and purchase managers are employed either to protect margins or ratchet up the gps. This usually entails pressing the supplier for greater discounts, trying to prevent price rises, deferring…
Wine Controversies: Wine writing about what consumers want is bunk
Each one of us is a consumer. We express our choices individually and buy we like, or what we can afford. Wine journalists - and people throughout the wine trade…
Doug Decants: Nacho Gonzalez’s La Perdida Wines
Waiting for Godello Nacho Gonzalez farms his family’s vineyard, which his grandmother had worked all her life, and is patiently restoring its vitality. He has also purchased other small plots…
Chatting with: Bronwen Percival of Neal’s Yard Dairy
Bronwen Percival is one of the UK's leading cheese experts. She is Neal's Yard Dairy's buyer and technical manager. She also co-authored, with her husband Francis, the book "Reinventing The…