Jean-Pierre Robinot: the wild man of LâAngevin
A guest post by Fiona Beckett Fiona is an award-winning food and drink journalist and author - or co-author - of 23 books. She writes a weekly wine column for…
Construct your own Frankenwine
Nature may be a pretty lass, but she is also pretty scruffy. Here are some delightful beauty tips brought to you by the those caring folks at the Laboratory of…
AniVile: A new marketing arm for Vin de France
A guest post by Alice Feiring. Check out her blog and subscribe to her newsletter, The Feiring Line! Note: we recommend having a read of this article first, to put…
Of Place And Time â The Future of Australian Wine
A guest post by thewineidealist: In evolutionary biology, punctuated equilibrium theory states, âthat most species once formed will exhibit little net evolutionary change for most of their geological history, remaining in an extended state of stasis.â…
Burgenland â Creating a New History: Part Two
Weingut Claus Preisinger is housed in a modern, airy wood-beamed winery with windows facing out towards the Neusiedlerseee. You can tell the cut of a jib by the company of…
Burgenland â Creating a New History: Part One
Burgenland lies around 35 minutesâ drive south east of Vienna and is divided into three broad regions: Neusiedlersee, Leithaberg and Mittelburgenland. We spent most of our trip in the former…
Hype Hype Hooray
Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence. --John Lahr Just as dementors feed naturally…
Adventures in Burgenland
Burgenland lies around 35 minutesâ drive south east of Vienna and is divided into three broad regions: Neusiedlersee, Leithaberg and Mittelburgenland. We spent most of our trip in the former…
The Accidental Death of the Wine Writer
Andrew Jefford once announced at a European bloggerâs conference that the wine writer is dead. We werenât aware that he had been ill, but as the last typewriter rolled off…
Whatâs in the pot at our Feats of Clay Tasting?
Nicolas Reau makes several wines including a silky sans soufre Anjou red in cement and a racy white raised in used barrels. Descente aux Amphores Blanc & Rouge is his…