The Long Read: On Wine Ageing
Age shall not wither wine, except when it does... Ah yes. And, oh no. The expression “this wine will age”, was considered a badge of honour, once upon a time.…
Decanting: Nikau Farm
Nikau Farm is home to Dane Johns (of Momento Mori), his wife Hannah and their young family. It is an expansive property of about 95 acres in the Baw Baw…
Spotlight on: The Don & Kindeli Wines, New Zealand
Alex Craighead and Josefina Venturino are establishing a reputation in the natural wine world. They have settled in Upper Moutere in Nelson and make wines that are bottled under two…
The Long Read: I Taste Red
Tasting is viewed – scientifically – as the reflexive response to various stimuli. It is both a mechanistic and cognitive activity. I am primarily interested in the translation of mere…
Coming Soon: New Season Little Pomona
Cider and perry is seasonal, don’t you know… and we are emerging into summer. Here are a few newbies to whet your appetites and wet your whistles, some of them…
The sense of natural
When people ask me to define natural wine, I have this abiding image of myself taking a hammer and trying to nail jelly to a wall. Definitions are always beset…
Spotlight on: Domaine Arretxea
Michel Riouspeyrous is a native Basque. He met his Alsatian future wife Thérèse while on a charity mission to Africa. On their return to France, they got married and decided…
Orange Wines & Tasting in 3-D
If amber wines were music, they would be as live performances, fuzzy, rough-edged and unpredictable. Their tactility means that you can touch them at the same time as they touch…
Sustain & Sustainability
I was one of the guests at a brilliantly-organised Zoom presentation arranged by The Pig at Harlyn Bay. The presentation itself centred around ideas of sustainability and organic farming, developing…
An appreciation of Dominique Belluard
It is with enormous sadness that we have learned that Dominique Belluard of Domaine Belluard has passed away. We would like to remember him as the brilliant vigneron he was,…
- Go to the previous page
- 1
- …
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- …
- 86
- Go to the next page