Extraction and the Winemaker
Less is more except when the opposite is the case Extracting sunbeams from cucumbers may be beyond their capabilities, but some oenologists seem to have the alchemical inclination to squeeze…
Less is more except when the opposite is the case Extracting sunbeams from cucumbers may be beyond their capabilities, but some oenologists seem to have the alchemical inclination to squeeze…
Here is a lexicon of definitions of key wine words. The definitions are not intended to be scientifically objective and, in many cases, will be somewhat simplistic. Some will describe…
Friendly meta-fizzical Tis the season to be petty and to live la vie en rosé. We’re in northern Portugal and with Vasco Croft at his project called Aphros. Born with…
This is a series profiling the producers on our list who make natural wines. Within this series I will be highlighting some of the extraordinary and rare bottles and vintages…
March I always start writing projects way after the event. So, here am I sitting on the sofa, thirty pages into Bleak House and determined not to skip a page,…
Occhipintis are like buses. You wait for one and then three come along at once. Giusto (COS) and Arianna are well-established favourites amongst us and the natural wine cognoscenti. Andrea…
Here is a lexicon of definitions of key wine words. The definitions are not intended to be scientifically objective and, in many cases, will be somewhat simplistic. Some will describe…
What’s been and gone and what’s still to come You can lock down a nation (Dominic Cummings excepted), but you can’t prevent a goodly amount of wine from breaking and…
Read Part One here! Is it easier to practice natural winemaking practices in certain wine regions as opposed to other more challenging areas? You can make natural wine anywhere. But…
What's new: the 2019 Zelen, 2018 Reddo, and a new wine, the 2019 Roza. Posestvo Burja, by Primoz Lavrencic, is located in the Vipavska Dolina, or Vipava Valley. Rich descriptions of…