In Praise of Pinot: Rhapsody in Burgundy
Yeah strawberries… not the cheese Pinot Noir? Hardest game in the world, as Archie from The Fast Show might have opined. Or opinoted. Pinot Noir, the eternal seductress, that most…
U.S. and them
Christmas comes but once a year, but with shipping delays, US wines seem to arrive every other year. On a wing and a prayer rather than a ship. Rarer than…
Doug Decants: Cuvee Lairis, Jean-Luc Matha, Marcillac
Pass the Marcie-yak Marcillac, on the Aveyron river just north west of Rodez, is linked historically to the Abbey of Conques and is the only appellation in the Aveyron…
Our Ukraine Appeal
If 2020 was the strangest of all possible worlds, then 2021 was the worst of times. As if that annus horribilis hadn’t left a foul enough taste in the…
The organic growth of organic wines
Organics is now more than a mere buzzword and a marketing hook, it is truly founded on the idea that quality is paramount, and that the better the farming (be…
Doug Decants: Etnella Attia Bianco
A wine to knock you on your Chasselas! After half a lifetime abroad, Davide Bentivegna decided to return to his roots. Originally from the hills outside of Catania, he began…
Real Wine 2022: That was the fair that was….
Emotion recollected in tranquillity is like a fine vintage wine. As Wordsworth didn’t say. The Real Wine Fair, vintage 2019, was a special event. All editions of the fair…