Doug Decants: Nacho Gonzalezâs La Perdida Wines
Waiting for Godello Nacho Gonzalez farms his familyâs vineyard, which his grandmother had worked all her life, and is patiently restoring its vitality. He has also purchased other small plots…
Chatting with: Bronwen Percival of Neal’s Yard Dairy
Bronwen Percival is one of the UK's leading cheese experts. She is Neal's Yard Dairy's buyer and technical manager. She also co-authored, with her husband Francis, the book "Reinventing The…
Wine Controversies: Wine Faults versus Wine Flaws
Statement: There are discernible wine faults, there are also legitimate wine flaws. Wine cleanliness is wine godliness. This notion of the paramount important of cleanness in winemaking is inculcated at…
Wine Controversies: Do Cheap Wines Need to Exist?
Statement: Received commercial wisdom would have us believe that cheap wines are necessary to bring new consumers into the wine-buying market. The argument goes that it is patronising to tell…
Natural Wine Thoughts via Georgia
The other day I was hosting a masterclass on orange wines and opted to commence proceedings with my favourite Niels Bohr quote to the effect that âIf quantum mechanics hasn't…
Wine Labelling: The Argument in a Nutshell – Part Two
Continued from Part One... There ainât no sanity clause? One of the problems with charters is the administrative burden that they levy on individuals. If they are to be worth…
Wine Labelling: The Argument in a Nutshell – Part One
The hoary chestnut roasting on todayâs open fire is the thorny thicket of labelling. Part of me fantasises about serving the ĂŒberinterventionist winemaker with the lengthiest of self-inflicted writs âthat…
Doug decants: The Wines of Andreas Tscheppe
Of Dragonflies, Stagbeetles, Salamanders and Butterflies Andreas Tscheppe is part of the Styrian quintet of vignerons called Schmeck das Leben (taste of life). He has small vineyard parcels in a…
Doug Decants: Bruno DuchĂȘne’s La Luna
One of our âfauve-riteâ summer reds Bruno DuchĂȘne hails from the Loire Valley, where his family had a thriving business selling farm machinery. Before starting his career as a winemaker, he…
A Trip to Georgia: Day 3
Of chacha at the gallop, Crazy Pomegranate=crazy-good food, old Rkat and new pet nat. They say in Sighnaghi that if you drink wine and chacha all night long you start…
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