Wineblog

Recently I attended a conference for designers and marketers to discuss design trends and tendencies in the world of wine.

Sauvignon Blanc is a white grape that makes wines that are dry and refreshing. They tend to be pale yellow straw colour, verging on

While Bordeaux and Burgundy are considered to be the greatest red wine regions in the world, historically it had been Hermitage in the Northern

There are thousands of grape varieties that are used to make wine, however, just seven are considered to be the noble grapes from which

There are many wine competitions around the world where a successful result can catapult a wine from obscurity to world recognition. How do wine

Many people say stupid things about wine believing them to be correct. Sometimes half truths take on a lives of their own and become

Moscatel is the only grape that has aromas and tastes of grape making it very popular with wine drinkers all over the world. When

As regular readers of this column you will know that from time to time I like to post a short quiz to test your

Wines discovered in shipwrecks, often hundreds of years old, have been found to be very well preserved. Which raises the question, does the sea

Having ‘looked’ and ‘sniffed’ the wine then we taste. Our palates enable us to identify the different characteristics of the wine; the dryness (totally,