Blog Posts

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Assyrtiko breaks out in Australia

3rd July 2017

Joanna Simon

I like classic wines made from so-called noble grape varieties as much as anyone, but there’s a thrill of a different kind in wines that push the frontiers. 

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Soave Revealed – A Quiet Revolution

6th June 2017

Anthony Rose

A masterclass on Soave had many of us thinking that there's more to Soave than the old prejudices suggest thanks to the exploitation by this Venetian region's more forward-looking producers of its geographical diversity.

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The Bollinger Lunch

18th May 2017

Jane Parkinson

Jane breaks her own wine trade lunch rules in the name of Champagne Bollinger.

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Weird and wonderful grape varieties

23rd April 2017

Joanna Simon

“Some of the wines are available in the UK; others are so rare it is unlikely that you will be able to find much literature on them,” said the email from an MW. 

Easter – a time for chocolate and wine

Wine for eggs

13th April 2017

David Williams

Easter eggs or chocolate eggs? I’m not about to get involved in that absurd dispute. I’ll leave that to our politicians, who clearly don’t have anything more pressing to worry about. I’m more concerned about what to drink with them on Sunday.

Of course a lot depends on the type of chocolate the eggs are made from. Sweet creamy white chocolate is a very different beast from the bitter high-cocoa content dark stuff, while milk sits somewhere between the two.