After exploring the Finger Lakes and Long Island wine regions, Christina Rasmussen and I had just a short time in the city of New York before heading back to the…
Wine in Hong Kong: Le Quinze Vins, with Ganevat, Bereche and Clotaire Michal
Le Quinze Vins was a lovely surprise. It is Sunday afternoon, and Nat and I are looking for somewhere to get a glass of wine after some Hong Kong tourism….
In Norway for the Sandefjord Wine Festival
I’ve just spent the weekend in Norway, at the Sandefjord Wine Festival. Sandefjord is a small seaside town about two hours’ train ride south of Oslo, and it’s a lovely…
Some white wine highlights from Bibendum
These were some of the white wine highlights from a recent portfolio tasting with major UK agency business Bibendum. Litmus Element 20 2013 Surrey, England This is lovely: really expressive with…
Nagano wine region, Japan (2) – Domaine Nakajima
Yutaka Nakajima was studying at chef school when he came across wine. He’s a big fan of natural wine, and also has a strong affection for Alsace. He has experience…
Some nice wines at the Southern Pinot workshop
At each of the dinners at the Southern Pinot workshop in Hanmer, participants are encouraged to bring wines to dinner. This is a fun exercise, because there is no coordination,…
Adding appellations: developing new GIs and why conjunctive labelling is important
I’ve been involved in quite a few discussions of late about developing new appellations (technically, geographic indications [GIs]) in new world countries, particularly New Zealand. Currently, New Zealand only has…
A mixed case of reds from The Wine Society
Following hot on the heels from my selection of 12 top whites from The Wine Society tasting, here are notes on 12 top reds. There’s some great drinking here: these…
A mixed case of whites from The Wine Society
Just been looking through my notes from the recent tasting put on by The Wine Society, which is one of the very best places to buy wine in the UK….