A new book lifts the lid on a history of deceit and criminality in the wine world. By Stuart Walton Stuart Walton reviews Vintage Crime: A Short History of Wine Fraud by Rebecca Gibb MW. Questions of authenticity loom large when it comes to eating and drinking. How do we know that what we are… Read More »
Being struck by the latest vintage release from Billecart-Salmon. Champagne Billecart Salmon Vintage Extra Brut 2016 FranceComposed of 100% Grand Cru, including 24% Pinot Noir from Montagne de Reims and 66% Chardonnay from Côte des Blancs. After 64 months on lees, it’s disgorged with a dosage of 1.9 g/l. Comes with a bright and direct… Read More »
Pitt has received seven Oscar nominations since his debut as a cowboy hitchhiker in Thelma & Louise in 1991. He achieved Best Supporting Actor in 2020 for his involvement in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and he obtained Best Picture in 2014 after producing 12 Years a Slave. Despite this Hollywood sensation not being… Read More »
The latest releases from the Super-Tuscan estate in northern Maremma are, as ever, built for pleasure. By Robin Lee Tua Rita is a family-owned winery in the northern Maremma, near Livorno in Tuscany, just within view of the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the verdant Val di Cornia. Dark cypresses pierce the heavenly October-blue sky, rows of… Read More »