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...
by Walter Speller | Jun 22, 2021 | Blog
Why Super-Tuscans Have Fallen from Fashion Once the undisputed darlings of the fine wine scene, the ultra-expensive, ultra-polished Super-Tuscans face a new challenge as the wine world’s focus shifts to authenticity, says Walter Speller In the 1980s, the wine world...
by Scott Buck | May 22, 2021 | Blog
The 45th Anniversary of the Legendary Judgment of Paris – 24th May, 2021 Tasting notes Bottles were blinded and randomized. Wines were opened 1-2 hrs prior to tasting. Most started to fade a bit after about four hours in carafe. All wines were in excellent...
by Andrew James | May 13, 2021 | Blog
Bandol Rosé: A Wine of Many Pleasures In France, as we emerge from the shadow of a pandemic unsure of how to interact with others, an old friend on the sunbaked Mediterranean coast anticipates our return. Nestled among the garrigue and olive groves are the...
by Essi Avellan | May 12, 2021 | Blog
Still Wines from Champagne – Fizz’s Final Frontier A wave of new releases from some of Champagne’s most famous houses – and growers – is shifting attention away from the region’s fizz and on to its still wines. Essi Avellan MW explores the world of Coteaux Champenois...
