Nov 10, 2020Connecting with Wine Growers the PICA Way Before lockdown I visited the Cavit co-operative group in Trentino to see how it applies cutting edge technology to improve its wines and...
Jul 14, 2020A Story of Redemption: Castello Banfi in Montalcino The imposing medieval Castello Poggio alle Mura with just below (on the right of the picture) part of the luxury Castello Banfi Il Borgo...
May 13, 2020A Pit Stop with Pedro Parra in ChileThe genie in the pit: Pedro Parra in one of thousands of soil pits (calicatas) he has dug, but this one is special: it's amid vines in...
Apr 7, 2020The New Order at Luce: New Wine, Winemaker and Winery and a Retrospective Tasting Looking across the Luce vineyards to Frescobaldi's Tenuta di Castelgiocondo in southwest Montalcino in the November sunshine The text of...
Nov 19, 2019On top of the (wine) world: Argentina's Altura MáximaYou're never far from a cactus in Argentina: at Finca Colomé (left and centre); at Altura Máxima (right) There is much more to Argentine...
Aug 13, 2019A Rioja legend in its own lifetime: Roda's 30th anniversary tastingClams and Galician blond breed beef (Rubia gallega) at Asador Etxebarri, where everything is grilled over wood fires, using different...
Jul 26, 2018Discovering a little-known gem: Okanagan Valley, the world's northernmost wine regionMy first visit to Canada at the beginning of June took me to the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, the world’s northernmost wine...
May 30, 2018The white wine that thinks it's a red: Santorini AssyrtikoNo one knows quite how many indigenous grape varieties Greece has, because so many take different names in different regions and have...
Jan 15, 2018The changing face of TxakoliHot-foot from a trip to Basque Spain at the end of October, I postponed the idea of a blog enthusing about Txakoli (aka Chacolí) on the...