For the last four days I have been in Nova Scotia, Canada. My primary reason for visiting was to take part in the Atlantic Wine Symposium, but I also had…
Michelle Bouffard on Canadian wine at MUST 2017
‘We don’t live in igloos and polar bears are not our best friends,’ began Michelle Bouffard, in her talk that introduced the audience to Canadian wine. ‘We have rattlesnakes.’…
Lulie Halstead on Millennials and the wine market, at MUST 2017
Lulie Halstead of Wine Intelligence gave an interesting talk on Millennials, and whether or not we make too much of them in marketing discussions. ‘It’s a topic we often get…
José Vouillamoz on grape varieties, at MUST 2017
It was great to hear José Vouillamoz present at MUST. He’s a plant scientist with a special interest in grape varieties, and this was the subject of his talk. He…
Felicity Carter on the importance of wine tourism, at MUST
Continuing with the MUST fermenting ideas summit, I was impressed by Felicity Carter’s talk on the importance of wine tourism. ‘Journalists love catastrophes of all kinds,’ began Felicity, before outlining…
Alice Feiring on Natural Wine at Must 2017, Cascais, Portugal
I’m in Estoril (next to Cascais, on the coast, near Lisbon), Portugal, for the inaugural MUST fermenting ideas wine summit. Things kicked off yesterday with a talk by Alice Feiring,…
Roulot: how Jean-Marc makes some of the most compelling white Burgundies of all
I had the pleasure of meeting Jean-Marc Roulot yesterday. Roulot has established himself as one of the superstars of white Burgundy – the new Coche, if you will. The wines…
Binary thinking and bubble creation
It’s getting worse, I reckon. The world is being polarised. It upsets me when otherwise smart friends fall into the trap of seeing the world in binary terms. Good versus…
In Amsterdam, wine nice folks and wine
How impossibly beautiful is Amsterdam? I’ve only visited once, back in 1997, when the organisation I worked for as a science editor held a meeting there. Coming back, on a…