“It is currently not obvious to observers and managers caught up by the damage of change that Australia has just finished two decades of branded commodity wine growth to dominance and inevitable decline and is now entering the decades of Australian wine emergence. As the trauma recedes that will become […]
Yearly Archives: 2009
It’s 2 in the morning and I’m still up. Why? Partly because I’ve had a great and stimulating day. It began with a talk from a Kiwi called Bob Franklyn that touched on many things, but that gave major prods about what it means to be community. Now whether we […]
Domaine Saparale & Leonard Cohen
First of all thanks to Graeme Bell (tweet him here) for the link to the great pics of Manhattanhenge. Yes, Manhattanhenge, click here for more. Would be great to be able to get similar pics in the Pennines, but for two things – the sun never shines and the roads […]
Two Great Cape Whites – Steenberg Semillon + Newton Johnson ...
A name to watch. Jean-Baptiste Ponsot (nothing to do with the Ponsots of Morey St Denis) took the helm of the family estate in Rully six years ago, aged twenty, since when he’s been developing something of a loyal following. These two 2007’s show why. The Rully Blanc 1er Cru […]
Jean-Baptiste Ponsot – rising star of Rully
Andy Kerr has a full-time job in Chester but moonlights as on-line wine merchant Artisan Wines (www.artisanwines.co.uk). And while his range isn’t the largest in the UK, it’s one of the more intriguiing, focussing as it does on (currently) exclusively French wines, with a distinct organic and biodynamic slant. Some […]
A selection from Artisan Wines
At least that’s the news according to Wine Peeps. Last week’s word was Malolactic fermentation – OK, that’s 2 words, but I didn’t come up with this. But toast, yes, that most agreeable to snacks. I’m always suspicious of people who don’t like toast (and sausages and chocolate). I mean, […]