This is a really interesting wine from Wind Gap, an exciting Californian winery making elegant, balanced wines. It’s from Trousseau Gris, a rare colour mutation of the red Trousseau, which…
Matching wine and Indian food at the fabulous Gymkhana, with Sue Sethi
On Monday night I was at Gymkhana, one of London’s most happening restaurants, for an Indian food and wine matching dinner with wine buyer and co-owner Sue Sethi (pictured above)….
Wine Science Extra, a new e-book
I have just published a new e-book, titled Wine Science Extra. When I wrote the revised version of Wine Science (published in the USA as The Science of Wine), I…
Domaine Jones Grenache Gris 2013
British ex-pat Katie Jones has been living in the Languedoc since 1993. She worked at the Mont Tauch co-operative until 2009, when she started her boutique winery, which now consists…
The fabulous Pascal Jolivet Sancerre 2013
I love this wine. It’s from a relatively cool vintage, and it has a brilliant tension to it. Starting off with a small negociant business in the 1980s, Pascal Jolivet…
Ardbeg Supernova SN2014
OK, this isn’t wine. It’s whisky. A subject I know considerably less about than wine. But I am a flavour guy, so when I encounter some really interesting flavours, I…
Craig Hawkins: Testalonga and Lammershoek
Craig Hawkins (pictured above with significant other Carla Kretzel in the background) is one of South Africa’s most talented and brave winemakers. He’s the winemaker at Lammershoek, and also makes…
Casa Silva’s Cool Coast Wines
Impressed by these. A Chilean Sauvignon and Pinot from Casa Silva’s Paradones estate in Coastal Colchagua, a new-ish cool climate region of Chile. It’s just six kilometres from the chilly…
A couple from Jean-Luc Colombo
Jean-Luc Colombo, based in Cornas, is a Rhone modernist. His Cornas wines aren’t in my favourite style, I’m afraid. But I do like the wines he makes when he tries…