For one evening, a bit of Georgia – and the world’s oldest unbroken wine tradition – came to east London. It was the Georgian supra, part of the Real Wine…
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…
Video: visiting Felton Road
Just a quick film from last year’s visit to Central Otago winery Felton Road. I have just written up the visit – quite extensively – here.
Fifth Grand New Year Blind Champagne Tasting Video
So here it is, the fifth Grand New Year Blind Champagne Tasting. A little shorter than last year’s (only 48 minutes!), but with two more wines, and some quality chat,…
The 2013 Polish Hill and Springvale Rieslings from Jeffrey Grosset
Jeffrey Grosset is widely regarded to be Australia’s top Riesling producer. Based in the Clare Valley, in South Australia, he makes two premium Rieslings from different sites, and they are…
The remarkable Penfolds recorking clinic comes to London
Since 1991, celebrated Australian producer Penfolds have been running a series of recorking clinics for owners of bottles of their wines that are over 15 years old. ‘We’ve recorked/certified over…
Selfie wine tasting video 1 – Tokaji Eszencia four times!
I thought it might be quite fun to do some ‘selfie’ videos of wine tasting, taken on my camera phone, in situ. Here I taste Tokaji Eszencia, a remarkable, intensely…
London Cru, an urban winery in Earls Court
It’s 8 am on a Wednesday morning in September, and I’m in a slightly sketchy part of west London, just down the road from the Earls Court exhibition centre. There’s an articulated…
Video: visiting Shvo Vineyard, Upper Galilee, Israel
I have just written up my visit to Shvo, a wonderful vineyard run by the talented Gaby Sadan in Upper Galilee, Israel. You can read the full report here. I’ve…