How Do You Like Them Appellations?
Not a lot! We recently received communication from our friends at Il Paradiso di Manfredi in Montalcino. Another example of appellations falling a long way from the tree of sanity: On…
The First Wine Cuckoo of Spring
The cuckoo in Wordsworthâs poem heralds the coming of spring, and whilst the cuckoo chants her merry song, one may also discern a more discordant vernal sound â that of…
Spotlight on: Te Whare Ra, Marlborough New Zealand
TWR - The FarĂ© Side Te Whare Ra (TWR), pronounced Te FarĂ© Rha (House of the Sun), is the oldest little winery & vineyard in Marlborough, being first established in…
Doug decants: Lovamor, Alfredo Maestro
Quoth the wine drinker⊠Lovamor! Do we love Albillo? Or what? It appears both fruitily in Nicolas Marcosâ La Fanfarria Blanco alongside Albarin (one Cangas wine you will never rue),…
Some wine regions are born, some achieve greatnessâŠ
Having clocked up five hundred plus blogs, I sometimes feel that I have exhausted wine subjects to write about. Requiring inspiration, I consequently trawl social media in search of provocative…
Les Caves de Key Kegs
Key Kegs have been around for some time as a means of dispensing wine, but arguably have only really taken off in the UK in the past three to four…
Terroir matters
I was weaned on James Frazer. 'The propensity to excessive simplification is indeed natural to the mind of man, since it is only by abstraction and generalisation, which necessarily imply…
30 years of Fatalone Primitivo Riserva: A Report
The History of Fatalone The Fatalone name originated with Filippo Petrera (2nd generation), Nicolaâs son, who was, in his time, nicknamed Il Fatalone. It quickly caught on becoming the family…
Doug decants: The Wines of François Rousset-Martin, Jura
Some growers seem to be born iconic, some have iconic status thrust upon them and some seem to avoid the limelight entirely, simply content to sell their wines. It helps…
Natural Wine Philosophy: Non-Philosophical Musings
What is your personal philosophy, Lucy asks Charlie Brown. He thinks for a moment: 'Life is like an ice cream cone â you have to lick it one day at…
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