Great Value Christmas wines in the Supermarkets Who else is full of holiday spirit? Or full of wine? It is the same thing, right? The Christmas season is upon us again. With less than 30 days to go, we now have full blown permission to drink, eat and be merry. So how to do this, …
A new love affair with Pinotage Having the pleasure to taste 6 top wines of South Africa recently, all Pinotage, I can officially say that I am a total convert. I plan to spend the rest of this article encouraging you to fall in love with this slightly hit and miss variety of the past, …
WOMEN POWER IN THE WINE INDUSTRY: Introducing Marimar Estate After a recent zoom tasting, I was inspired to share my learnings and thoughts on this interesting and dynamic winery run by mother Marimar Torres and daughter Cristina Torres. And yes, they come from the empire that is the Torres Family from Spain. In fact Marimar’s …
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Château Lafite Rothschild around the world Copyright – waddesdon.org.uk Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) are a first growth from Bordeaux and gained this top classification in 1855. There was only 4 at the time (Château Mouton Rothschild gained this status in 1973 making a total of 5 first growths). Lafite certainly has the reputation as …
Viognier – The seductive and sensuous grape variety that was saved from extinction Happy International Viognier Day Everyone. Friday 30th April is the very first ever International Viognier Day and we must celebrate this variety, for it was only back in the 1960’s that Viognier was almost extinct. Firstly, you pronounce it VEE-ON-YAY! Secondly, How …
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What is Cap Classique and why do you need to know about these great value wines? So what is Cap Classique? Previously known as MCC, which stands for Méthode Cap Classique, the South African producers have recently dropped the M and this wine is now known as just Cap Classique. This name was created in …
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Extreme winemaking in The Atacama Desert Firstly, what is Terroir? If you have every spoken to somebody who works in the wine world, you would have inevitably heard them use the word ‘terroir’. Very often misunderstood, this world loosely translates to ‘sense of place’. There is no English equivalent. The French began using this word, …
Tour and Tasting at The Mount Vineyard The sun is shining, it’s a Sunday and you are thirty? What should you do? What any sane adult should do – go visit a vineyard. And as our English wines continue to get better, so does the hospitality in our English Vineyards. So, I popped down to …
Battle of the Supermarket Rosés Yesterday (Saturday 8th June) was National Rosé Day, so I took it upon myself to find out who has the best Supermarket Rosé . I set myself a few rules: the wines needed to be from the supermarkets own brand premium range, they couldn’t be more than £12, and they …
Outside London Cru, London’s First Urban Winery and the host of Bacchus in Focus Masterclass Bacchus – The God of Wine and the Grape Variety of England If you didn’t already know, this week is a special week; It is English Wine Week: Saturday 25th May to Sunday 2nd June, so time to discover the …
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