TIPS FOR DRINKING WELL IN ITALY Italian wine is a daunting subject fraught with unfamiliar grape varieties from regions you’ve never [...]
THE 2015 VINTAGE IN THE RHONE VALLEY In July this year I spent a week travelling between producers in the Rhone Valley tasting 2015s, a year [...]
LE GALLAIS BY EGON MUELLER Comparison can breed cliché. Is Egon Muller the Rolls Royce of Riesling? Are his wines the Hermes of [...]
ETIENNE GUIGAL On a recent visit to the Rhone we were driving, lost, around the back streets of Ampuis looking for our [...]
JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE Dating from the 1400s, Chave is a grand old name of the Rhone Valley. The estate is a bastion of traditionalism, [...]
TENUTA SAN GUIDO Sassicaia, which literally means “stony place”, is Italy’s leading fine wine. So important has [...]
A Visit to Bolgheri and the Wonderful Wines of Ornellaia and Sassicaia Bolgheri is currently one of the most exciting wine producing areas of Italy - and indeed the world. [...]
KENZO ESTATE – A NEW AGENCY The Estate produces six wines under the directions of David Abreu and Heidi Barrett. In our opinion, [...]
TASTING NOTES FROM “CELEBRATION EIGHTY-FIVE” CAPELLA HOTEL, 7 & 8 JANUARY 2012 Sixty-three wines were moderated by two of the most eminent Masters of Wine, Serena Sutcliffe and David [...]
DOMAINE BOTT-GEYL Alsace, in the north-eastern corner of France, nestles at the foot of the Vosges mountain range and is [...]