Bruce Palling’s article on natural wine has been the subject of a lot of debate over the last week or so. I’ve read it twice. Three times if you count…
Talking of natural wine, I’m in love with Racines Blanc 2011 from Claude Courtois
This is just lovely. It’s a natural wine (in that it is made with no additions at all in the winery, from organically grown grapes in a farm that’s practising…
I love natural wine, but…
I love natural wine, but I worry that the natural wine movement (whatever that is), is becoming a subculture that’s self-contained, self-referential, and living in its own bubble. Let me…
Domaine Gauby La Roque 2011, a remarkable skin-contact Muscat
Gauby is the domaine that put the Fenouilledes in France’s Roussillon on the fine wine map. The wines are brilliant, and because of their fame, they’re also (alas) quite expensive….
A lovely Jura red from Michel Gahier
Michel Gahier is one of the top insider tips in the Jura. He has just 6.5 hectares of vines, and works very naturally in both the vineyard and the cellar….
Video: at the Real Wine Fair
So on Monday, after judging at the International Wine Challenge, I managed to hot foot it over to Wapping (via the wonderful Overground, which makes East-West travel in London so…
At the Real Wine Fair
Today was a glorious day. Not only was it one of those rare English spring days with a vivid blue sky and freshness in the air, but also it was…
Guttarolo Primitivo, a remarkable amphora wine from Puglia
I love this wine. It’s a Primitivo, but not as you know it. Cristiano Guttarolo has just 5 hectares of vines, at 400 m altitude, and this remarkable wine is…
At the Feria Vinos de Lujo, Santiago
Last night I headed over to the Grand Hyatt in Santiago for a remarkable wine festival. It was fortunate that of the two nights I was in town, one should…