Just had to do a Sunday Express column on Moscato, which gave me a chance to try a few different ones. I’ve included Muscat here, as well as what we…
A big night out at the chief’s!
Feeling a little tired after a wonderful evening at the chief’s last night. The chief is Harpers editor Richard Siddle, who convened a gathering of chums to eat and drink…
Video: visiting Shvo Vineyard, Upper Galilee, Israel
I have just written up my visit to Shvo, a wonderful vineyard run by the talented Gaby Sadan in Upper Galilee, Israel. You can read the full report here. I’ve…
Two super Australian Chardonnays: Oakridge and Yalumba
Australian Chardonnay is probably the wine style that has changed most in the last decade. The best examples are totally brilliant, and while I still have a nostalgic fondness for…
Ambriel Classic Cuvee, a new English sparkling wine
Now this is interesting. It’s the first release of a new English sparkling wine, called Ambriel. It comes from a 9.5 hectare vineyard in West Sussex, planted as recently as…
Some remarkable wines from Zind Humbrecht
I have just written up a visit to Zind Humbrecht, the celebrated Alsace wine producer, where we tasted 27 different wines – perhaps a record for me for a single…
Two Central Otago Pinot Noirs
Central Otago, at the bottom end of New Zealand’s South Island, is one of the world’s great Pinot Noir destinations. Here are notes on a couple recently drunk chez Goode….
Seven tips I wish I’d been given when I started out as a wine communicator
It seems a while since I started out communicating about wine. I was lucky: when I began writing on the Internet there wasn’t a lot of competition. Now there’s so…
A great lunch with Clos des Goisses, Leoville Barton, Ducru Beaucaillou and others
Occasionally it is good to have a treat. So on Sunday, brother-in-law Beavington and I hatched a plan. He was sans famille, with my father staying. So why not invite…