In this ‘learn about wine’ video I discuss five things that affect how a particular wine tastes:
Recently on the main wineanorak site
Some recent articles on the main wineanorak site. I’ve got a lot of material in the pipeline. Just need to find the time to write it up! Peccavi: a new…
Wine and the digital conversation
The internet, and more specifically the recent social media revolution, has changed wine writing. A lot, and fast. It’s the wine writing equivalent of the meteor impact 65 million years…
Video: the London International Wine Fair
A short film from this week’s wine fair, attempting to catch some of the atmosphere in a series of moving images. Quite different to Monday’s the natural wine fair, which…
Two from Mayu
Very happy to find two delicious wines in Asda at a fiver each. They are a pair from Chilean producer Mayu, located in the stunning and remote Elqui region in…
Unwinding after the final day of the trade fair with some Vouvray
I am properly tired. The third day of the London International Wine Fair (held in the Docklands, above) was a good one, but after a late night last night (at…
Busy at the London International Wine Fair
The middle of May. The time in the calendar when our focus is on the London International Wine Fair. Love it, hate it, it’s something none of us can miss….
The natural wine fair
Spent a good portion of today at the natural wine fair in Borough Market. It was a fantastic location (though hot sunny weather or sheet rain would have played havoc),…
Dinner at Francis and Bronwens with Huet, Laval, Niepoort and Donald
I normally try to keep this blog of the moment, but I’ve been busy of late, and I have lots to include. So I need to mention, after the fact,…