100 Great Natural Wines: Languedoc-Roussillon – Part Two
This is a series profiling the producers on our list who make natural wines. Within this series I will be highlighting some of the extraordinary and rare bottles and vintages…
Decanting: Adegas Guimaro
Sheer Brilliant Folly The Romans used slave labour to plant terraced vineyards along the Sil and Minho riverbanks. Today, Ribeira Sacra growers still have to work like slaves to prune,…
Interpreting Tasting with Jamie Goode: Part Two
Taste and the taster This is the second part of a conversation between Les Caves's Doug Wregg and Dr. Jamie Goode concerning the nature of taste and the overall experience…
The Unalternative Wine Glossary: E
Here is a lexicon of definitions of key wine words. The definitions are not intended to be scientifically objective and, in many cases, will be somewhat simplistic. Some will describe…
Love and Wine in the Time of Coronavirus: Part Two
April April hath put a spirit of youth in everything. (Shakespeare, Sonnet XCVIII) Since the beginning of this crisis, the weather has been lovely. No cruellest month. No “with his…