Doug Decants: Domaine Luneau-Papin’s Muscadet Vera Cruz
“Stumbling on melons as I pass…” ~ The Garden by Andy Marvell (1621-78) You can eat an oyster now all year round without fear of gastro-intestinal reprisal. You could always…
Nuggetorials 5: A squint at wine trends
Trendzilla ~ An Instagram post featuring nigella seeds, acai berries and a perfectly framed bottle of Gut Oggau Theodora. --The Real Alternative Wine Glossary ~ Vol 2 "A trend is…
What’s the fuss about duty?
The trade has been rightly chattering about the upcoming duty rises. For those of you who may have been hibernating since December 22nd 2022, the government in its wisdom have…
Doug Decants: The Champagnes of Vauversin
Grand Blanc-ety Blanc We prefer real pagne over sham pagne any way. There’s not so much of it about, unlike bad old jokes. The Maison Vauversin, currently managed by Laurent…
Nuggetorials 4
Liberté, fraternité and vinosité Now that Real Wine in the Vines is nestling happily in the dustbin of history, I can concern myself entirely with trivia or propound my…
A Savennières Moment
Savennières. The name for me has always oozed mystery and majesty. And class in a glass. Its very sound suggests something serpentine like the Loire river winding off into the…
Key bottles that unlocked a love for wine
...And influenced me to do what? To run shrieking “eureka” through the streets? To put aside my nefarious plans to take over the world? To retreat to the hermetic life,…
Doug Decants: Commune of Buttons
In 2014 Jasper Button and his sister Sophie returned home to help save their family vineyard called Fernglen. Commune refers to their project’s continued happy reliance on community and shared…
On the radar and under the radar with Les Caves
In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes. Once upon a time when we were but a teeny amateur company knee-high to a Diam cork with barely two…
Nuggetorials 3
A matter of taste 'To show the relativity of what’s good taste and what’s not is something I like to play with.' ~ Jean-Paul Gaulthier 'I have drunken deep of…
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