A short film of a day’s judging at the International Wine Challenge.
Video: a weekend in Beaujolais for the Bien Boire en Beaujolais
I’ve just spent the weekend in Beaujolais, home to one of my favourite grape varieties, Gamay. It meant an early flight on Saturday morning, and then an early flight this…
Video: the Nagano wine region, Japan
Here’s a brief video of my trip round the Nagano wine region: Overview: Japan’s wine scene Part 1, Kido Winery Part 2, Domaine Nakajima Part 3, Hyashi Nouen Part 4,…
Video: harvest at Gabrielskloof 3, making whites
In the third and final video from the 2018 harvest at Gabrielskloof, in South Africa’s Bot River wine region, I look at how white wines are made: Part 2,…
Video: harvest at Gabrielskloof part 2, making reds
Here’s part 2 of the three short films I shot during my 10 days at Gabrielskloof. Here I’m showing red winemaking. In case you missed it, here’s part 1:…
Video: vintage at Gabrielskloof part 1
While I was taking part in vintage at Gabrielskloof a couple of weeks ago, I did quite a bit of filming. So I’ll be making three films, and this is…
Video: the Marlborough wine region, the grower’s story
Marlborough, New Zealand’s largest wine region, relies heavily on growers. Wine arrived here relatively lately (first vineyard plantings of the modern era were 1973, but things didn’t really get…
How oak barrels are made: visiting Tonnellerie de Mercurey, Burgundy
I recently had the chance to visit Tonnellerie de Mercurey, a leading barrel manufacturer in Burgundy. Barrels are pretty important to wine, because even though they are an old technology,…
Video: in Elgin for the Chardonnay Colloquium
Here’s a film from my recent visit to South Africa’s Egin wine region for the Chardonnay Colloquium: