Rootstock Sydney 2014: thoughts
--Christina Pickard When something works well the first time, repeating it isn't an easy feat. The follow up album after a band's massively successful first release all too often fails…
--Christina Pickard When something works well the first time, repeating it isn't an easy feat. The follow up album after a band's massively successful first release all too often fails…
Crème Anglaise! English wines at The Real Wine Fair? As the French are wont to say “Gorblimey!” or as the English say: “Nom d’un Chien, Mille Tonnerres!!” We begin on…
There are perceptible stirrings of “real wine life” in the hidden parts of Spain and Portugal. Consider these countries with their wine heritages, mosaic of terroirs, range of climates and…
Italian growers have once again turned out in grandi numeri for The Real Wine Fair. From the foothills of the Alps to the cusp of Africa, from Piemonte to Sicilia,…
A Brief Perspective The Real Wine Revolution – no shots were fired, no-one is bleeding, a few professional carpers have taken umbrage and harrumphed off into the distance complaining about…
The Loire is the beating heart of the natural wine movement in France, where strong traditional values rub amiable shoulders with teasing iconoclasm. We are pleased to welcome back some…
They order things differently in Swartland Lammershoek is situated in the Aprilskloof Valley of the Paardeberg The soil is decomposed granite, very sandy in places They have 60 head of…
Ubiety -Uva Ubiety – Whereness. An obscure alternative for terroir. Ubiquitous – Lists of top ten or top twenty wines, glossaries… Ugni-corn Wines –Far from mythical, these are thin white…
De Martino family and Les Caves de Pyrène are teaming up to put on a special event, “Looking Back, Moving Forward”, celebrating the 80th anniversary of this Chilean winery and demonstrate the creative…
Terroir -- Typicity Terroir - I refer you to my monograph etc. etc. One of my favourite quotes from Trollope is the pithy aphorism: “Land is about the only thing that…