June 2024 was a month focusing on Portuguese wines in independent wine merchants. For three weeks, I conducted a series of Instagram lives with various independent wine merchants in the UK who specialize in Portuguese wines. I tasted a selection of the wines they offered on camera, as part of a promotional activity program with… Read More »
Oz Clarke’s latest book is filled with accessible wisdom. By Raymond Blake Raymond Blake reviews Oz Clarke’s Story of Wine: 8000 Years, 100 Bottles by Oz Clarke. Not many wine people are widely known and easily recognized by their first name only, though not many have a name as memorable, easy to say and pronounce,… Read More »
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The story of Yalumba’s flagship Cabernet/Shiraz blend. By Sarah Ahmed Sarah Ahmed enjoys a vertical of Yalumba The Caley, a refined version of the classically Australian blend. Known as “claret” in the early 1900s and latterly as “the Great Australian Red,” Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz blends from down under carry a certain weight of expectation—not least those… Read More »
Website: https://chateaudepommard.com/ In 2014, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Michael Baum bought the historical Château de Pommard with its 25 hectares of vines. In Bourgogne, this sort of transaction is vanishingly rare, especially when we’re talking about well-situated vineyards. Baum is rich beyond the dreams of avarice, having been one of the three founders (and is still… Read More »
Charlie Geoghegan is a wine writer from Dublin. He lives in London, where he is senior copywriter at merchant Berry Bros & Rudd. I wasn’t around for the fuzzy yesteryear you sometimes hear about, when a case of Château Lynch-Bages cost a few pence and Latour a few shillings. As I write, I’m trying to… Read More »
Tom Stevenson looks back on a unique vintage in Champagne. By Tom Stevenson Tom Stevenson marks 20 years since the first issue of The World of Fine Wine by looking back at 2004 Champagne—and picking out some of his favorite wines from the vintage. What better way to celebrate WFW’s 20th anniversary than with the… Read More »
The set lunch at Noble Rot is one of gastronomy’s great bargains. Couple this with one of the best wine lists out there, and it’s amazing that I don’t eat there more often (although I go there more than most places). I recently caught up with my friend Nikki of Second Stories (https://secondstories.co.uk/) and we… Read More »
Global warming has delivered new ground to prospectors, many from overseas. The Jordan family of Jordan Wine Estate in South Africa have branched out and being experts in soil and potential, have chosen Mayfield in East Sussex to lay down roots. Undulating hills, Tunbridge Wells sandstone and clay, historical villages and pilgrim routes litter this… Read More »
The Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2024 have been unveiled with fantastic news for American wineries who entered the competition. In addition to a Best in Show from Napa, US wines took home two Platinum awards and several Golds. For America’s emerging regions, two Gold medals marked a landmark for the country’s developing viticulture along… Read More »