by Rosemary George | Sep 24, 2021 | Blog
Urban Wineries Urban wineries are a growing trend. The earliest were started up in the United States, particularly in California, about 20 years ago, but are now to be found all over the country, and the concept has spread, to Europe, Hong Kong and Australia. London...
by Andrew James | Sep 22, 2021 | Blog
Reaching the Eternal – an interview with Aubert de Villaine What three words would you choose to describe the wine of Romanée-Conti? If you’ve never had the opportunity to taste this iconic wine, expressions of chagrin such as ‘far too expensive’ or ‘not my league’...
by Norm Roby | Aug 24, 2021 | Blog
California Wine: It’s All a Dream A 50th Anniversary is a big deal not only for couples and businesses but also for California wineries. Throughout 2022, neither fires nor earthquakes will prevent two dozen wineries from celebrating their 50th harvest. In 2023...
by Andrew James | Jul 28, 2021 | Blog
Life After Nouveau: The Rise of the Beaujolais Cru Over the past 30 years, I have watched the wave of Beaujolais Nouveau rise, crest and break in Japan. It used to be the cultural norm for Japanese adults to drink Nouveau from plastic cups on the third Thursday in...
by Jason Tesauro | Jun 22, 2021 | Blog
Jason Tesauro’s ‘Grapetionary’ – A Wine Grape A–Z . Part 2 – D, E, F Welcome back to our wend around the alphabet of wine grapes! Last time around, we departed from the usual list of known varieties and detoured through a fantastic trio of indigenous whites: Aligoté...
by Andrew James | Jun 22, 2021 | Blog
The Wine Women of Bandol The next time you gaze at the wine wall in your local supermarket, imagine each bottle as a person with dreams and aspirations. In the Provençal wine region of Bandol, a lot of those people are women, who may work alongside the men at family...
