Just posted a chapter about Terroir in the ‘I Don’t Know Much About Wine…’ section of the site – you’ll find it here.
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Saw that Alastair Bathgate was plugging a Jackson Triggs Ice Wine on his ‘Confessions of a Wino‘ blog. I featured one here last week, but I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned the remarkable Leduc Piedimonte Ice Cider 2006 that I tried earlier this year. That’s right, Ice Cider, which as […]
Ice ‘n’ Easy
Oh my, what a tasty surprise from a bottle I pulled out in the search for something to partner crispy aromatic duck (I’m ashamed to say a yellow sticker purchase from Sainsbury’s). It worked a treat, but then, post dinner, went on to excel as a solo performer. There’s a […]
Domaine de la Haute Borne Vouvray Sec 2002
Different names for the same gutsy grape – but how different are they? Watch this to find out
Zinfandel or Primitivo?
Sometimes vines need something to lean on – an ancient vine in Valdeorras In most of Spain, white wine is something of an afterthought. Thoroughly decent examples exist in regions such as Rioja and Catalonia, but if they were to disappear tomorrow, few would shed a tear. However, there’s one […]
Everything’s gone green – the whites (and reds) of Galicia
‘Literally cannot stop thinking about making rum with the marrow bestowed upon me…’ So ran a tweet this afternoon from @foodstories (aka Helen Graves). And it took me back several years to Chester Street in Oxford, where I lived with several others in a house opposite a pub called the […]