Doug decants: Domaine Jeandaugé, Southwest France
Natural Star Wines – Gers Gers Bins In 2012, his family estate in Courresan in Gers, southwest France was under conventional farming methods. Then SĂ©bastien Fezas stopped the use…
Cara Sur, Caro Mio
Rusticity refined from Argentina Cara Sur was formed in 2011 as a partnership between two couples inspired to revive ancestral vines and produce wines from traditional Argentine varietals. Sebastián Zuccardi and…
Taste Epiphanies and the Mechanics of Tasting
Discursions and digressions I know an epiphany when I experience one. They are not like buses. They don’t run to a schedule (maybe they are like London buses, then!). If…
Diary of a Wine Week
Monday: I have just tried a white wine with so much alcohol that it practically cauterised my tongue and dissolved my taste buds. From a grape variety one might associate…
Is Pet Nat Officially Boring? (spoiler alert, no it’s not!)
To Pet Nat or To Pet Not Pet Nat is now indubitably a genre. Ten to fifteen years ago, you could reel off all the practitioners of this winemaking style…