Doug Decants: Radford Dale Vinum Pinotage, South Africa
So, we were having lunch in The Barbary on Westbourne Grove the other week and Alex Dale popped open a bottle of Vinum Pinotage from Stellenbosch. I don’t have a…
Of wine, alcohol, and the zero alternatives
You take the venom out of a cobra and what have you got? A belt. Glenn Quagmire – Family Guy I am a sucker for observational comedy. You know the…
Comando G has arrived!
November – the month of the drowned dog ~Ted Hughes; The eleventh twelfth of a weariness ~ Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary and the arrival of the first tranche of…
Harvest Report 2024: Judith Beck – Gols, Austria
We started the season with a good water supply. Hot weather in April caused a very early bud break which meant a high danger of late frost. Fortunately, apart from…
Les Caves de Pyrene on Tour in Southern France: Domaine Jean-Baptiste Senat, Minervois
Getting on Minerves Our final Pyrenee visit in Southern France was to Domaine Jean-Baptiste Senat, located in Trausse-Minervois, a rural commune in the Aude Department. Trausse is part of the…
Les Caves de Pyrene on Tour in Southern France: Mas de Daumas-Gassac
Of vines, wines, feasts, oyster-education - and absent Picpoul On the second day of the Pyrenees's jaunt around Southern France--not-so-bright and definitely earlier than we would wish--we left our hotel…
The influence of natural wine on Beaujolais (and vice versa)
Concerning a debate and a Q & A session with two producers for the trade organised by Sowine on behalf of Beaujolais and hosted with panache by Queena Wong. The…
The next wine arrival will be along in one minute
News of new wines, new vintages Prepare for the seasonal attack of the Cazottes. We have replenished the liqueur cabinet with a host of fruity numbers from the house of…