More splosh for your dosh, more splash for your cash
Value for money is in eye of the stem holder A cheap wine may offer no pleasure and thus is of zero-value, whereas a relatively expensive wine may indeed confer…
Wasted Opportunities
Here is a draft of a letter that we sent to our respective members of parliament, showing our concern about the new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) measures. To us, they…
Doug decants: La Stoppa Camporomano Barbera 2013
La Stoppa is an ancient estate extending over 52 hectares, thirty of which are planted with vines, surrounding an elegant medieval tower. In 1973, the estate was acquired by…
The barometer of taste
Today, I was shopping in the local farmerās market. The weather was beautiful and energising ā high pressure prevailed, cloudless skies vibrated with blueness, and the air was the perfect…
Celebrating Old Vines
Age is not a number, except when it is. Old vines is not the same thing as old grape varieties. These latter were usually indigenous to a region and drunk…
The Life Inside the Bottle
āWildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from.āĀ -Terry Tempest Williams Every so often, when there…