The best wines for a divisive and strong-scented French dish. By Joanna Simon It is almost a badge of honour in France to assert a strong preference for andouillettes. If you lack affection for them, the implication is that you’re neither truly French nor a genuine Francophile. However, among Francophiles, there are few foods more… Read More »
Domaine Roche Bleue L’Orée de la Berterie 2022 Coteaux-du-Loir, Loire 13.5% alcohol. This is Chenin Blanc from 30 year old vines. 80% on slopes and 20% on the plateau. Some red clay with a limestone subsoil close to the surface, and some heavier clay with the limestone deeper down. Low yields of 30 hl/ha. Classic… Read More »
The Okanagan Valley in Canada, which stands as the country’s second largest wine region, has unfortunately received some bad news. Despite being used to cold winters, it’s rare for the region to experience winters so cold that it could damage grape vines. However, for the second winter consecutively, temperatures have plunged below -20 °C, a… Read More »
Lisboa Food & Wines Group Sommelier Henry Chang explains how his team built their award-winning wine program at Le Salon de Thé de Joël Robuchon. By The World of Fine Wine Team With entries now open for the 2024 World’s Best Wine Lists awards, we asked some of the 2023 winners about their approach to building an award-winning list. This… Read More »
Specialist financial police in Brindisi, south-east Italy, seized assets worth more than €520,000 (£440,000) as part of the organic wine fraud probe, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Naples. It’s a case that involves suspected misuse of European Union (EU) agriculture funds made available to support a wine producer’s conversion… Read More »
Website: https://zephyrwine.com/about.htm Ben Glover earned his renown as a winemaker while employed at Wither Hills under Brent Marris, and subsequently at Mud House. This experience served as the perfect foundation for establishing his own family winemaking venture, Zephyr. Prior to stepping into the world of winemaking, the Glovers were dairy farmers in Marlborough. They sold… Read More »
Ethos Priorat by Elizabeth Hecker—a book that takes the reader to the heart of the Catalan wine region. By David Williams Elizabeth Hecker’s Ethos Priorat is a labor of love filled with evocative words and pictures, says David Williams. The idea that a wine can have a sense of place is, if not entirely uncontroversial,… Read More »
In October, the Napa Valley vintage was in full swing; a huge crop, the vines turning yellow against a sombre background: the hills all around, on the east side in particular, blackened by a series of wildfires that raced through the dry hillside grass, scorching the scattered oaks. Wineries were jubilant at 2023’s quality, after… Read More »
Comparing two Champagne vintages that are in many ways polar opposites. By Essi Avellan MW. How do the wines of a vintage produced in “classic” conditions compare to those from a year more in keeping with the new, warmer normal in Champagne? Essi Avellan MW is joined by Simon Field MW and Tom Hewson for… Read More »
Coterie Holdings has appointed Andrew Shaw as its wine director less than two months after it also announced the acquisition of specialist importer Hallgarten & Novum Wines. Shaw, who is set to take up the new role at the beginning of March, was most recently head of trading for beers, wines and spirits at Marks… Read More »