It used to be that when tasting biodynamic wines my tasting notes were not complimentary as I found faults with the wines. The only people who would pay a premium and drink them would be those who only wanted biodynamic. This is no longer the
Sauvignon Blanc has an enviable reputation among wine drinkers around the world are drinking more of it than ever before. So what makes this French grape so universally popular? Primarily because the wines are so obviously Sauvignon Blanc in style and character that consumers trust
Austria, home Mozart, Strauss and Schubert, Gustav Klimt, Sigmund Freud, philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper is also the home of a grape variety that makes some of the finest food wines in the world, Grüner Veltliner. Grüner Veltliner makes white wine that taste like the
Chile is one of the largest wine producers in the world whose success as an exporter has been based on making good value, commercial style Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay that is appealing to consumers in many countries. The industry is dominated by a handful of wine
Just so that there is no confusion. Washington State is in the Pacific Northwest regions of the US, above Oregon and below Canada. While Washington DC, where the President lives, is not part of any state and is on the East Coast of the USA. The
As well as drinking wine I like to cook. So how to pair Wines of The World with Spanish food? Here are a selection of some of my favourite wines paired with some traditional Spanish dishes. An ‘almuerzo’ made in heaven is Spanish omelette with
Rome is one of the most popular weekend break destinations for tourists. So when buying Italian wine, which should you ask for when sitting in a Roman piazza? Italian wines can be superb but it can be complicated to understand the grape varieties and regions. The
Wine Tasting, is it Hard Work? A friend asked me, “How was your day?”, I replied that I was exhausted having been tasting wines from 10 o’clock in the morning until 3pm in the afternoon. He laughed and said somewhat sarcastically, “sounds like really hard
It is 21 years since Apartheid ended and South African wine has been available on international markets. I have visited South Africa on numerous occasions to buy wine and seen how the country’s wine industry has advanced. There is a strong belief among many winemakers that South
Argentine Malbec is El Gaucho of the Wine World. Argentina, renowned for producing some of the best meat in the world from cattle reared in vast and open pastures of Pampa Húmeda, produces the finest wines made from Malbec, the perfect grape to accompany a good
