This was a great chance to taste some diverse white wines from Argentina with three interesting Argentine wine people. There’s Edgardo del Popolo, who works for Susana Balbo and his…
Chile, day 3, Viña Errázuriz’s Panquehue winery with Francisco Baettig
The final visit of the first leg of this trip was at Viña Errázuriz’s home base, the winery in Panquehue, Aconcagua Valley, where their Max I vineyard is located. This…
Chile day 3, Viñedo Chadwick
Viñedo Chadwick is in the Alto Maipo region of Chile, near Santiago. I visited back in 2008, and there’s an extensive report here. It was originally a family home. ‘It…
Chile, day 2 (continued): Seña
Seña was conceived as a joint venture between Robert Mondavi and Eduardo Chadwick back in 1995. At the time it had no home, but instead was a barrel selection from…
Chile day 2, Errazuriz’s Aconcagua Costa property
Day two of the Chile trip was spent in the Aconcagua, with Errazuriz. We began at the relatively new 230 hectare (of planted vines) Aconcagua Costa property, just 12 km…
Chile day 1, Valparaíso
The first day of this Chile trip was a gentle one, spent in Valparaíso. It’s such a colourful city. Many of the buildings are beautifully decorated with street art. Indeed,…
A couple from the Jura: Overnoy and Miroirs
Had these two beauties in Terroirs on Friday. With a lovely group of friends. These wines are both natural, and super-famous within the natural community. I find them quite beautiful….
Icon wines at The Sampler, including Latour 82, La Chapelle 78 and Ygay 59
Each year The Sampler put some high-end ‘icon’ wines on their enomatic machines. It’s a real highlight tasting through them, and this year was no exception. The highlights included the…
On being ill
I’m currently ill. This is unusual for me: I can’t remember the last time. Of course, I haven’t seen a doctor. I’m male and British, and we tend not to…