Key bottles that unlocked a love for wine
...And influenced me to do what? To run shrieking âeurekaâ 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 projectâs 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 whatâs good taste and whatâs not is something I like to play with.' ~ Jean-Paul Gaulthier 'I have drunken deep of…
The Tour That WasâŚSouth Africans hit the UK and other unorthodox events this year
Les Caves embraces the unorthodox. Or perhaps it would be fairer to say that the unorthodox embraces Les Caves. We are now well into flaming June and the year seems…
The Ploussardisation of red wine
And why this is a good thing When we are first taught about the facts of life about wine, everything is binary and conveniently boxed. We are told that all…
The Battle of the English White Pinots
Marasby White Pinot Pioneers Tasting I am a tough crowd as a wine taster, as I believe in always benchmarking what I taste against the best in that category.…
On Regenerative Farming, a seminar at Real Wine in the Vines
A desire to improve productivity at all costs under the guise of feeding people cheaply has witnessed decades of industrialised farming. But at what expense? Such intensive farming has…
A brief overview of Georgian wine culture
There is a saying in the wine world, that we sometimes need to look back to look forwards. This is certainly true of Georgian wine culture, which is not merely…
Looking back at Real Wine in The Vines
A Trend-Bucking Event And so it came to pass. On Tuesday 16th May, the first ever UK artisan wine/drinks fair featuring producers working sustainably, organically and/biodynamically and making products…
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