The first day of this Chile trip was a gentle one, spent in Valparaíso. It’s such a colourful city. Many of the buildings are beautifully decorated with street art. Indeed,…
A couple from the Jura: Overnoy and Miroirs
Had these two beauties in Terroirs on Friday. With a lovely group of friends. These wines are both natural, and super-famous within the natural community. I find them quite beautiful….
Icon wines at The Sampler, including Latour 82, La Chapelle 78 and Ygay 59
Each year The Sampler put some high-end ‘icon’ wines on their enomatic machines. It’s a real highlight tasting through them, and this year was no exception. The highlights included the…
On being ill
I’m currently ill. This is unusual for me: I can’t remember the last time. Of course, I haven’t seen a doctor. I’m male and British, and we tend not to…
Arnoux & Fils Petites Collines Crozes-Hermitage 2014
This is another lovely wine in the Roberson Wine Christmas sale. It’s just lovely: benchmark Crozes from a negotiant working traditionally in the south. Arnoux & Fils Crozes-Hermitage ‘Petites Collines’…
How Port wine is made, in pictures
The Douro Valley in northern Portugal is the home of Port, a famous fortified wine style. The region is one of the most beautiful in the world, with steeply…
Tyrrell’s HVD Semillon 2010 Hunter Valley
Hunter Semillon. One of the wine world’s most distinctive wine styles. This is a good one: the single vineyard HVD from Tyrrell’s with six years’ bottle age. Just beginning to…
Lunch with Brendon and Kirstyn of BK Wines, Adelaide Hills, Australia
I met with Brendon and Kirstyn Keys, the B and K in BK Wines over lunch at the Harwood Arms. They had new releases in tow. They are in the…
How Port wine is made: a film from the 2016 vintage
By Jamie Goode and Treve Ring (Gismondi on Wine) In mid-September, we visited the Douro Valley in Portugal during harvest. We spent quite a bit of time chatting with the…