Clay all your love on me
Reign of terracotta In 2015, we organised a tasting called Feats of Clay and invited several growers to come over to London and pour wines that had been made in…
All you needed to know about Qvevri but were afraid to ask
Having just received a tranche of Georgian wines it seems timely to remind ourselves what makes these wines unique. Often when we talk about wine we focus – quite rightly…
A Pocketful of Natural Wines near Rye
This is a follow up to the recent Q & A with Ben Walgate of Tillingham (which is the name of Ben’s nascent wine project in East Sussex). Outside of…
Chatting with: Ben Walgate, the qvevri-crazed English natural winemaker
Ben Walgate is currently making natural wines in Georgian qvevri on his farm in East Sussex. We ask him about his journey to the amber side and what the future…
What’s 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…
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…