Doug decants: The Wines of Antoine Arena, Corsica
...The maquis co(u)rsing through his veins Antoine Arena, like most Corsicans of his generation, grew up in a family that earned a modest living working the land on an island…
Chapter Three: They have embiggened our soul. Part One
Read Chapter One Parts One, Two and Three and Chapter Two Parts One, Two and Three here. Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this…
Doug Decants: Domaine Le Briseau’s Le Verre des Poètes
Nathalie Gaubicher founded Domaine Le Briseau in 2002, with her first husband, Christian Chaussard, in an area encompassing Jasnières and Coteaux-du-Loir. Briseau’ is named after a plot on the estate…
Georgians back in the house!
After a few months with scarcely a qvevri-wine to our name, we have now received our long-awaited shipment of new vintages (mostly 17s) and a few new wines too. We…
Chapter Two: The Reign of Terroir: Part Three
Continued from Chapter Two, Part Two. Read Chapter Two Part One, and Chapter One Parts One, Two and Three here. Terroir and the good, the bad and the ugly grapes In the way that humans like…
Chapter Two: The Reign of Terroir: Part Two
Continued from Chapter Two, Part One. Read Chapter One Parts One, Two and Three here. Digression Concerning the Art & Nature of wine transformation Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed. --Thomas Huxley The…
Chapter Two: The Reign of Terroir: Part One
Read Chapter One Parts One, Two and Three. My agent narrowed his eyes and bit down on the end of an unfeasibly large cheroot. “Look, kid. You’re meant to be…
The Autobiography of Les Caves de Pyrene. Chapter One, Part Three: We’re all mad here
Read Parts One and Two... Madiran We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. --The Cheshire Cat, Alice in Wonderland O tannin bomb, o tannin bomb. There lurks a Tannat-ridden…
Doug Decants: Tokaji Aszu 5 Puttonyos
Aszu were with that slow furmint! The undisputed king of Hungarian vineyards, Mount Tokaj is located to the north of the country, 200 km east of Budapest. This legendary location…
The Autobiography of Les Caves de Pyrene. Chapter One Part Two: Mining our South West Origins
Read Part One HERE. [The three musketeers and D’Artagnan are escaping from the Cardinal’s men in his own coach] Porthos: Champagne? Athos: We’re in the middle of a chase, Porthos.…
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