Natural, organic, biodynamic, real wine and the people and places behind them

Winemaker report ...in the words of Jean du Plessis, GM and Vigneron of Ancre Hill: Our neighbouring blackcurrant farmer, who has lived and farmed the area for more than 35…

Cedar house rules Lebanon is among the oldest regions in wine production in the world. Today, Eddie & Michelle Shami continue this legacy with the same passion that the Phoenicians…

Doug’s picks Towards the end of the year, I always make a little list of fondly-remembered wines tasted and drunk o’er the past twelve months. It’s always a personal take,…

Rebels with a cause Since the Middle Ages, there have been records about the lieu-dit “le Tue-Boeuf” and its excellent wines which were enjoyed by the local nobility and the…

  John Bojanowski writes  It was driest and hottest and early, Vendanges 24--Tres fort squirrely Beaucoup d'grapes in our baskets We throw'd off our blue maskets Shall be back for…

Home, home again I like to be here when I can And when I come home cold and tired It's good to warm my bones beside the fire Far away…

  If I were to create a woolly word wine cloud to encompass the language I use when talking and writing about wine – and natural wine, in particular -…