The First Vintage Reports of 2022: Part Two
A tale of heat and drought Maison Cazottes As you probably know, this year was particularly hot and dry. From January to October we had a total of 384 mm…
Doug Decants: Maison Maurice Choppin
âReal Pagneâ Nestled in Damery, just a few kilometres from Ăpernay, Maison Maurice Choppin has been working the unique terroirs of the Marne Valley for more than seven generations.…
Doug Decants: The Wines of Bufadors, Alt Penedès
Sparkling new adventures in âCorpinnat-shireâ Bufadors (the name âBufadorsâ refers to the Puig dels Bufadors, the hills of the Black Mountain of CadaquĂŠs), is a new label created by Ton…
Autumn Trade Tasting: France vs the Barbarians
With France hosting the next rugby world cup final, whimsical variations-on-the-oval-ball-game seemed an appropriate theme for our tasting as, after all, we are Les Caves de Pyrene, our origins rooted…
The First Vintage Reports of 2022
Elisa Guerin, Domaine du Moulin dâEole, Moulin-Ă -Vent, Beaujolais After a spring where we almost had frost again at the beginning of April and a summer with worrying heat peaks,…
Why are some wines more expensive than others?
Cecil Graham: What is a cynic? Lord Darlington: A man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. Cecil Graham: And a sentimentalist, my dear Darlington, is…
Diary of a UK Wine Harvest: Davenport Vineyards
Over the next few months we will be publishing diaries and journals featuring the various routines, practices and thoughts of the U.K. growers and producers that we work with. At…