A good way to discover new wines is to focus on a common theme such as, wines from regions with a Mediterranean climate. This will involve tasting grapes you may not be familiar with and take you from Valencia to Italy, Croatia, Greece, Lebanon, Chile
Be wary of using preconceptions when talking about wine because most are wrong, if not totally absurd. If I had a €1 for every time someone has made a sweeping all encompassing comment about a country, grape or region, I would be able to buy
Among the most iconic wines of the world, Petrus is probably the most well known. Today its wines are the most expensive in Bordeaux yet it wasn’t always this way. So what makes Petrus such an iconic wine?
It is hard to pick up a publication on wine and not find an article on global warming and the impact on vineyards. This is a complex issue and the wine industry is learning and responding
It was ten years ago when Mas de Daumas Gassac in Aniane, Languedoc Rousillon in Southern France, last held a vertical tasting, a chance to taste different vintages of a same wine. Last Saturday, fifteen wine writers from around the world were invited to taste
My first ever trip as a wine professional, some thirty years ago, was to the Languedoc Rousillon region in Southern France. Back then I was living and working in London and French wines had the largest presence in the market
Just over the Pyrenees from Spain, historically
I am often asked what is my favourite red wine for a barbecue? Together a good red wine with a barbecue make one of life's little luxuries. I like to barbecue with all that in involves; the ‘pluck’ sound as the cork comes out of the bottle,
I have just returned from Aniane, near Montpellier, southern France to visit a winery that has for a long time been on my ‘must visit’ list, Mas de Daumas Gassac. It is not often that it can be said that one man or woman changes opiniones about a
One of the best ways to relive the last days of summer and ease your way back into the routine is through the wines from the place where you have been. Do you remember watching the sun set with a glass of wine in your
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
