Upcoming Tastings: September/October 2016
Sherry Amour – Trade tasting Date: Monday 12th September 2016 Time: 10.30am - 5.00pm Venue: OXO2, Bargehouse Street, London, SE1 9PH Catch up with Les Cavistes on table 17 where…
Sherry Amour – Trade tasting Date: Monday 12th September 2016 Time: 10.30am - 5.00pm Venue: OXO2, Bargehouse Street, London, SE1 9PH Catch up with Les Cavistes on table 17 where…
This estate is based on the slopes surrounding the Volcanic lake of Bolsena; the region is part of Maremma (called “Tuscia” in Lazio), about 15 minutes’ drive from the Tuscan…
September, officially the beginning of autumn… Summer ends now; now, barbarous in beauty, the Stooks arise Around; up above, what wind-walks! what lovely behaviour Of silk-sack clouds! Has wilder, willful-waiver …
Non-Definitive Definitions Natural wine, as I may have previously written ad nauseam, is a relative term, embracing a wide variety of criteria. Nevertheless we might broadly agree on those specific…
Provence is without doubt a spectacularly beautiful region of France speckled with myriad vineyards. Yet, as regional French specialists, we have always struggled to discover captivating terroir-driven wines outside the…
-by Christina Pickard Note: a version of this piece originally appeared on Food & Wine. “Most of my stories start with this notion, ‘I never imagined...,’ or ‘Twenty years ago, I never…
One of the natural wine world's most beloved figures, Thierry Puzelat has been making wine au naturel in the Cheverny and Touraine appellations of the Loire Valley for over two decades, although…
I proffer this as a thought - wine possesses its greatest value when it is made with love and for love, when it is made with all humility, when it…
Franz Strohmeier makes wine in what is considered the most difficult, yet also the most historic, region of Austria: West Styria. A true steward of the land, Strohmeier's relentless TLC in…
Decanting Cava Acequion, Rafa Bernabe The best things come to he who waits. And waits. And this pet nat kept us, and Rafa Bernabe, waiting. Unlike jam tomorrow, it eventually…