Wine Controversies: Do Cheap Wines Need to Exist?
Statement: Received commercial wisdom would have us believe that cheap wines are necessary to bring new consumers into the wine-buying market. The argument goes that it is patronising to tell…
Natural Wine Thoughts via Georgia
The other day I was hosting a masterclass on orange wines and opted to commence proceedings with my favourite Niels Bohr quote to the effect that âIf quantum mechanics hasn't…
Wine Labelling: The Argument in a Nutshell – Part Two
Continued from Part One... There ainât no sanity clause? One of the problems with charters is the administrative burden that they levy on individuals. If they are to be worth…
Wine Labelling: The Argument in a Nutshell – Part One
The hoary chestnut roasting on todayâs open fire is the thorny thicket of labelling. Part of me fantasises about serving the ĂŒberinterventionist winemaker with the lengthiest of self-inflicted writs âthat…
Doug decants: The Wines of Andreas Tscheppe
Of Dragonflies, Stagbeetles, Salamanders and Butterflies Andreas Tscheppe is part of the Styrian quintet of vignerons called Schmeck das Leben (taste of life). He has small vineyard parcels in a…
Doug Decants: Bruno DuchĂȘne’s La Luna
One of our âfauve-riteâ summer reds Bruno DuchĂȘne hails from the Loire Valley, where his family had a thriving business selling farm machinery. Before starting his career as a winemaker, he…
A Trip to Georgia: Day 3
Of chacha at the gallop, Crazy Pomegranate=crazy-good food, old Rkat and new pet nat. They say in Sighnaghi that if you drink wine and chacha all night long you start…
A Trip to Georgia: Day Two
Of healing cheese, #skintouch, bonny Saperavi, a qvevri academy and super Supra. "Truth is not found in other people's grapes. You can't call that your wine. Truth is in growing…
A Trip to Georgia: Day One
Two semi-supras, twenty-one score and five grape varieties, the other Iberian coffee, dodgy spice dealing and trying not to fall in qvevris After an overnight flight youâre bound to hit…
Tutti i Giorni: Three light Italian reds for every day glugging
We experienced a tantalising flicker of high summer the other day, the kind of weather that moves the great British populace to invoke the inalienable peasant rite of âpulling a…
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