Doug Decants: Little Pomona’s Spring Releases
A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period â When March is scarcely here A Colour stands abroad On Solitary Fields That Science cannot…
100 Great Natural Wines: Central & Southern Italy
This is a series profiling the producers on our list who make natural wines. Within this series we will be highlighting some of the extraordinary and rare bottles and vintages that…
A Tribute to Steven Spurrier
If you look up the definition of urbane in the Oxford English Dictionary there is a picture of Steven Spurrier there. Which is pretty amazing because the OED doesnât have…
The Long Read: Biodynamics – Part Two
In part one (which can be found here) we discussed the origins of biodynamics and explained the various preparations whilst attempting to demystify lunar cycles and the planting calendar. We…
Spotlight on: Chateau Tour des Gendres
Luc de Conti is the third generation of an Italian family that settled just south of Bergerac in southwest France in 1925 and set up an agricultural business. Luc inherited…
100 Great Natural Wines: Emilia-Romagna
This is a series profiling the producers on our list who make natural wines. Within this series we will be highlighting some of the extraordinary and rare bottles and vintages that…
Sulphur ye not the little wines
Arguably not the last word on the subject To find no-sulphur wines liberating and energising is not to cast aspersions on wines that are made with an addition of sulphur.…
Unalternative Wine Glossary: WXYZ
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…
A Tribute to Stéphanie Caslot
We were very sad to hear about the tragically-early passing of StĂ©phanie Caslot of Domaine de la Chevalerie. She was the public face of this excellent and renowned estate in…
The Long Read: Biodynamics – Part One
I never found that âorganicâ as such was a particularly useful or meaningful term, no matter how laudable the practices involved. When I used to go to supermarkets, I bought…