2023 Vintage Report: Elisa Guerin, Moulin-Ă -Vent
We will bring vintage reports as and when producers find time to give us their perspectives. Suffice to say, that it is a mixed picture with some unique difficulties. In…
Diary of a Wine Week: From sober October to guilty wine pleasures
Monday Today, I read about for the first time something called âSober October.â Puts head in hands and drops it. Smack forehead emoji. I havenât worked in the wine trade…
Focus on: New wines from I Vigneri
When one thinks of I Vigneri, one thinks of Etna and Salvo Foti. I Vigneri is a project dedicated to Sicilian, and more specifically, Etnean heritage, in terms of reviving…
Doug decants ~ Di Gino Integrale Bianco, Fattoria San Lorenzo, Marche
Mag-nifico! I know what youâre thinking. Did he pour six glasses or only five, but in the excitement I kinda lost track myself. This being a 1.5 litre magnum of…
Red Wines of the Loire â The Atlantic to the Anjou-Saumur Border
When one thinks of red wines from the Loire, one probably imagines fruit-freighted wines, soft and juicy numbers. The real story, however, is a wee bit more complicated than that.…
Cara Sur Wines: Looking Forward by Looking Back
There are three levels (so to speak) of wines from Cara Sur, a collaborative project between SebastiĂĄn Zuccardi and Marcela Manini teaming up with Nuria Año Gargiulo and Pancho Burgallo,…
Whatâs new, Puddytat?
News of imminent arrivals The vitality of a wine portfolio depends on its constant renewal. This does not mean that it needs to increase in size, but rather than it…
Doug decants: Domaine Jeandaugé, Southwest France
Natural Star Wines â 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. SebastiĂĄn 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 donât run to a schedule (maybe they are like London buses, then!). If…