Hype Hype Hooray
Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence. --John Lahr Just as dementors feed naturally…
Adventures in Burgenland
Burgenland lies around 35 minutesâ drive south east of Vienna and is divided into three broad regions: Neusiedlersee, Leithaberg and Mittelburgenland. We spent most of our trip in the former…
The Accidental Death of the Wine Writer
Andrew Jefford once announced at a European bloggerâs conference that the wine writer is dead. We werenât aware that he had been ill, but as the last typewriter rolled off…
Whatâs in the pot at our Feats of Clay Tasting?
Nicolas Reau makes several wines including a silky sans soufre Anjou red in cement and a racy white raised in used barrels. Descente aux Amphores Blanc & Rouge is his…
Language and Wine
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even…
Feats of Clay
 Real Wine Fair Events Presents⊠Feats of Clay Tasting * 21st April 2015 Email: pr.events@lescaves.co.uk to register The terracotta vessel has made a triumphant comeback in winemaking and we are seeing its…
Kamptal Journey: Part 3 â Alwin Jurtschitsch & Stefanie Hasselbach
Weingut Jurtschitsch is a very important winery in the Kamptal, with a rich history. The press house is from the 16th century and they have an enormous 700 year-old natural,…
Natural Resistance at The 26th Cork French Film Festival
Natural Resistance at The 26th Cork French Film Festival  Jonathan Nossiterâs Mondovino, a documentary about the globalization of the wine industry was short-listed for the Palme DâOr in Cannes in…
Kamptal Journey: Part 2 – M & A Arndorfer
Growing up in the vineyards and cellar of his parentsâ estate in Strass, Martin Arndorfer comes from a long line of winemakers. Anna Steininger is the daughter of one of…
Kamptal Journey: Part One â Intro & tasting with Matthias Warnung
Welcome to Kamptal, the northernmost of three important virtually contiguous wine regions in Niederösterreich (and the largest in surface area and production), the others being Kremstal and Wachau. There is…