Doug Decants: Franz Weninger’s Furmint vom Kalk
Franz Weninger and his father switched to BD farming in 2006. They originally planted Furmint in Austria over a decade ago, but the vines were hit by frost – so…
Doug decants: Camillo Donati’s Lambrusco Frizzante
Slow food pilgrims who take their hunger, scrip and staff to Bologna and environs know that it’s possible to find interesting, well-balanced Lambrusco from artisanal producers and go-ahead co-operatives. We…
Focus on: Bodegas Emilio Hidalgo, Jerez de la Frontera
Bodegas Emilio Hidalgo was founded in the mid-nineteenth century by Emilio Hidalgo Hidalgo, so good they named him twice. The company is owned and operated by the fifth generation of…
Guest Blog: How I Caught the Natural Wine Bug – Freddie Johnson
My professional experience with wine starts unconventionally as a 19-year old cowering in the cellar of a Michelin-starred London restaurant. As I pondered just how many times a commis chef…
Indestructible Wines
We are taught to believe that wines inevitably decay from the moment the cork is pulled or the cap twisted. Oxygen is seen as the enemy here, hastening the precious…
Doug decants: Le Capitalisme Rouge est un Vin de Garage
Is this the most allusive wine label ever? I bloody hope so. But probably not. Before I explicate, a word from our sponsor, Monsieur Brendan Tracey, who has a technicolour…
Drinking Outside The Box: A review of our autumn trade tasting
We called our autumn trade tasting "Drinking Outside The Box" because we always want people to leave their preconceptions alongside their coats in the cloakroom and to approach our wines…
Focus On: Pol Opuesto Wines
The Wines of Pol Andsnes, The Uco Valley, Argentina You’re in a restaurant leafing through their bible of a wine list. You leaf in vain. There is no natural skin-contact…
Wines of the Year: Part Two
Will and Doug uncork some of their vinous highlights of 2019. (Read Part One of our Wines of the Year HERE.) Will: Although my views about best-of-year picks tend to…
Doug Decants: Cascina Iuli’s La Rina (Piedmont, Italy)
Fabrizio Iuli grew up in a restaurant family. For over 60 years, the Iuli family served award-winning Piedmontese cuisine in their guest house/hotel, but it was the local demand for…
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