Doug Decants: Alvear Fino en Rama
Your Jaw Will Hit The Flor… …When you learn of this fino not from Jerez It is not from Jerez, and it is not Palomino, yet here we have a…
The Cons and Cons of De-Alcoholised Wine
Other zero abv drinks may apply The demand for low/zero alcoholic drinks has increased steadily over the last two decades. The primary motivation is driven by health concerns related to…
Doug Decants: New Arrivals from Marto Wein, Germany
Something BAD (sic), something new, and something a bit older (Ed- that’s feeble) Marto Wein is the project of Marto Otto Wörner and Alanna Lagamba who make natural wine in…
Doug (re)Decants: Vitovska Kamen by Zidarich
When the song of the terroir drowns out the background noise Five years ago, I tasted a new addition to the Zidarich portfolio. I was already deeply enamoured with…
Time for wine
The time for wine is a feeling akin to switching off one’s phone (or sloughing off one’s work persona), marking a point in the day when one’s behaviour for a…
Doug Decants: ‘Scazzaridde’ from I Parieti
Puglian all one’s talents I Parieti was founded in 2019 by Matteo Santoiemma on his family farm in the Murge between Bari, Taranto and Matera. Matteo personally takes care of…
Bang for Buck Reds
What is bang-for-buck wine? The Bang …happens when a wine that favourably impacts your senses. It does not have to be obvious or powerful, the proverbial 2 x4 to the…