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 Table Wine - Terraces Table Wine – Traditionally, a wine that could drink you under the table, but now a badge of honour in every country where the grower/winemaker would…

Les Caves de Pyrène has been down on the funny farms looking for crazy juice. The expression same-old, same-old simply does not figure in our lexicon as we sleuth out…

Spraying – Vineyard managers who expostulate with contempt when they see a biodynamic farmed, their spittle is said to burn the very leaves off the canopy. Spumante – The inevitable…

It’s back! Time’s winged chariot has released its handbrake and once again we are hurtling towards the festival of wine, food and antic merriment known as The Real Wine Fair.…

Les Caves de Pyrène Piemonte Portfolio Tasting @ Dalla Terra Nebarcettos (and others) Piemonte is a region that bequeaths regal expectations, the result of a proud tradition of vine-growing and…

Riojas--Ruwer Riojas – People who are feeling a surfeit of Tempanillo are said to be “off their Riojas.” Riparia – Those growers in the States who gravitate to Vitis Vinifera…

The second lot of wine truisms may be true (or not), but they will never be as shockingly true (or false) as the first lot.  (Oscar Wilde – not) --Good…

Racines - Rkatsiteli Racines – the name of a famous wine bar in Paris, plus a cuvée from the inimitable Claude Courtois. From people who give hoots about roots. Racking Off…

Quaggling - Qwerty Quaggling quaddler – An inveterate grumbling critic who literally quivers with asperity when the words “natural” and “wine” are juxtaposed in a single sentence. Quahogs, Stuffed –…