I’m in Estoril (next to Cascais, on the coast, near Lisbon), Portugal, for the inaugural MUST fermenting ideas wine summit. Things kicked off yesterday with a talk by Alice Feiring,…
Roulot: how Jean-Marc makes some of the most compelling white Burgundies of all
I had the pleasure of meeting Jean-Marc Roulot yesterday. Roulot has established himself as one of the superstars of white Burgundy – the new Coche, if you will. The wines…
Binary thinking and bubble creation
It’s getting worse, I reckon. The world is being polarised. It upsets me when otherwise smart friends fall into the trap of seeing the world in binary terms. Good versus…
In Amsterdam, wine nice folks and wine
How impossibly beautiful is Amsterdam? I’ve only visited once, back in 1997, when the organisation I worked for as a science editor held a meeting there. Coming back, on a…
Wine bar crawling: Sager & Wilde, The Laughing Heart, Brilliant Corners
There is so much fun to be had in London these days. It has become a great wine city. On Friday night I joined up with PR person and emerging…
Loire adventure: Bernard Baudry, Chinon
Next stop on the Loire adventure was Chinon, with Matthieu Baudry of Domaine Bernard Baudry. The domaine was created by Bernard, father of Matthieu, back in 1975, and Matthieu joined…