Drinking Wine, Not Ideology
Simon Woolfâs piece on natural wine in Meininger caused another minor kerfuffle in a carafe in the oenosphere. These articles are always timely in that even though they are written with…
Simon Woolfâs piece on natural wine in Meininger caused another minor kerfuffle in a carafe in the oenosphere. These articles are always timely in that even though they are written with…
I stopped writing tasting notes years ago â not sure whether it was out of laziness or ennui, or whether it suddenly simply seemed trite to reduce a wine to…
What are the most important factors that affect the way you taste wine? Is it the inherent quality of the wine itself and its potential to communicate itself lucidly? Do…
Itâs not just dog eat dog. Itâs dog doesnât return other dogâs phone calls. (Woody Allen) Morals? Canât afford them guvânor. (Alfred Doolittle, Pygmalion â George Bernard Shaw) Those are…
For all our friends in the northern hemisphere who are gathering grapes in vineyards or toiling in their cellars⊠The Vine â âCometh the full grape cluster on the vine.…
Sherry Amour â Trade tasting Date:Â Monday 12th September 2016 Time:Â 10.30am - 5.00pm Venue:Â OXO2, Bargehouse Street, London, SE1 9PH Catch up with Les Cavistes on table 17 where…
This estate is based on the slopes surrounding the Volcanic lake of Bolsena; the region is part of Maremma (called âTusciaâ in Lazio), about 15 minutesâ drive from the Tuscan…
September, officially the beginning of autumn⊠Summer ends now; now, barbarous in beauty, the Stooks arise Around; up above, what wind-walks! what lovely behaviour Of silk-sack clouds! Has wilder, willful-waiver …
Non-Definitive Definitions Natural wine, as I may have previously written ad nauseam, is a relative term, embracing a wide variety of criteria. Nevertheless we might broadly agree on those specific…
Provence is without doubt a spectacularly beautiful region of France speckled with myriad vineyards. Yet, as regional French specialists, we have always struggled to discover captivating terroir-driven wines outside the…