For the benefit of those of you who are blog visitors, but don’t get to the main wineanorak.com site, here’s what I posted there of late. Some people ask why…
Evoi The Satyr, a serious Margaret River red
This is a serious Bordeaux-style red from a small producer in Margaret River. ‘Evoi’ is, apparently, the ecstatic scream of joy uttered by the Maenads, who were the female followers…
Anarkos: a lovely wine from the south of Italy
Very impressed by this ripe yet well defined red from Puglia. I’m seeing increasingly good wines coming from the south of Italy. There’s plenty of sunshine here, so the wines…
A really good affordable organic Spanish red from Valencia: El Bonne Homme
Liked this wine. It’s an organic Spanish red from Valencia made by Rafael Cambra, blending together Mourvedre and Cabernet Sauvignon. This was co-produced with Rafael’s Swedish importer Nathalie Bonhomme. Interestingly,…
Wine and health
Some intense activity on Twitter today discussing wine and health. Lots of views expressed, although proper discussion of topics like this in 140 characters is quite tricky. The discussion was…
Berry Bros Year in Wine: interesting trends?
I was really intrigued by this graphic from high-end wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd. It shows the trends in their wine sales over the last year. Some are quite…
New year thoughts
Although it’s an arbitrary date in the diary, January 1st is a good time to think about fresh starts. We all need a fresh start now and then, and once…
The third New Year Great Blind Champagne Tasting video!
So here it is. The third installment of the Great Blind Champagne Tasting, which is – by tradition – held on new year’s eve. This years’ was bigger (16 wines)…
A couple from Ben Glaetzer
I’m a hypocrite. I go on all the time about how I love balance and elegance; I sing the praises of low alcohol, lightweight reds. And then I come across…