Really like Eric Asimov’s recent piece in The New York Times. He argues that while many fine wines are now out of the reach of ordinary wine lovers, there’s still…
My first proper Chinese wine
So I finally get to taste a proper Chinese wine, made from Chinese-grown grapes (although I may have tasted a proper Chinese wine when I was in Beijing in 2006;…
Why we should support plans to lift restrictions on EU vineyard planting
There’s a news story on Decanter at the moment concerning plans by the EU to lift the ban on new planting of vineyards. Wine regions throughout Europe are opposing plans…
A lovely wine dinner focusing on Champagne and Bordeaux
Headed over to brother-in-law Beavington’s place for a joint birthday celebration (ours are 6 days apart, but he is a year older than me). We had some fabulous wines. Champagne…
The official Swartland Revolution film!
Brilliantly put together by Sebastien!
Less oak, more folk – guest blog post by Daniel Primack
I’ve been blogging here for 10 years now, and I think (if my memory serves me correctly) that this is the first guest blog post. It’s by Daniel Primack of…
Another super Beaujolais: Jean-Paul Brun’s Terres Dorees
So, after my recent recommendation for Dubost’s fabulous Tracot, here’s another Beaujolais that really hooked me. It’s from Jean-Paul Brun, who is one of the natural wine guys, but who…
A bit of a rant about icon wines
While I was in South Africa, I noticed that quite a few wine estates now produce icon wines, retailing at Rand 500+. The icon wine now seems to be an…
A superb Beaujolais – best value red of the year?
I hope that regular readers will agree that I’m not a big hype merchant. If I big something up, it’s because I really, really like it. This is one such…