‘The first pick of 2024 for us at Chandon came from our home vineyard in Yountville, which is our warmest estate vineyard and we believe Napa’s northern limit for growing exceptional sparkling wine grapes,’ said winemaker Pauline Lhote. ‘We picked about 57 tons (52 metric tonnes) of Chardonnay on Wednesday from two different blocks in… Read More »
Yuki Bar instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yukibar.london/?hl=en Tucked away in a surprising location in London Fields is one of London’s newest and most interesting natural wine bars. Yuki Bar is named after its owner, Yukiyasu Kaneko, who has experience working in natural wine hot spots Noma and P Franco. It’s a beautiful space, with around 20 covers. Food… Read More »
A fascinating dual perspective on two decades of wine growing in Burgundy and California. By David Williams In the latest of our series of extended interviews with leading wine growers marking 20 years of The World of Fine Wine, Diana Snowden Seysses of Domaine Dujac in Burgundy and Snowden Vineyards in Napa Valley reflects on… Read More »
These Chardonnays were selected by Cameron Douglas, MS, as the Hawke’s Bay Annual Chardonnay Collection Vintage 2022. 42 wines submitted, and these were the ones Cam chose. This is the fourth time this exercise has been undertaken, and my notes on the 2021 selection are here. Askerne Chardonnay 2022 Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand13.5% alcohol. This… Read More »
Let’s face it – we wine fans don’t do ourselves any favours. With our long-winded descriptions of aromas and flavours, cult-like obsessions with individual producers, and complicated explanations of weird words like ‘tannin’ and ‘terroir’, it’s little wonder that phrases like ‘wine bore’ are hissed at dinner parties. It gets even worse in parts of… Read More »
The leading winemaker reflects on the challenges and opportunities presented by wine growing in Chile. By David Williams In the latest of our series of extended interviews with leading wine growers marking 20 years of The World of Fine Wine, Francisco Baettig, of Baettig Wines in Traiguén, Malleco, Chile, takes stock of the rapid evolution of Chilean… Read More »
Sotheby’s in Hong Kong described it as ‘one of the greatest private collections of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Burgundy in the world’. The auction house expected ‘The Masterpiece Collection: A Grand European Cellar’ to achieve total sales of 42,500,000 Hong Kong dollars (£4.27m). However, the high-profile auction beat that estimate by more than 17%,… Read More »
UK supermarket Tesco has made a bold move by launching a wine from a disease-resistant hybrid variety called Floreal, and they’ve put the name of this lesser-known variety on the label! The wine, priced at £8, is produced by the large French company Le Grand Chais. This initiative is commendable as resistant varieties like Floreal… Read More »
The influential Spanish winegrower shares his thoughts on terroir, climate change, and Spain’s enormous vinous potential. By David Williams In the latest of our series of series of extended interviews with leading wine growers marking 20 years of The World of Fine Wine, Telmo Rodriguez of Remelluri, Rioja and Compania de Vinos de Telmo Rodriguez reflects on… Read More »
Countless foreign nationals, lured by the attractions of the Tuscan countryside, have bought wine properties in the region. For some it is an investment, for others a holiday home or a place to retire. If there is a functioning winery on the property, they will typically either maintain the current staff, or engage consultants to… Read More »