Terroir driven wines from Alto Adige are hiding in plain sight. The diversity here can be challenging for wine lovers to get their heads around, bu...
Read more ▸Armagnac maintains its symbolic associations with the French countryside at one of the capital’s most significant fine dining establishments.
Read more â–¸Not far from Santa Barbara is the Sta. Rita Hills appellation, home to some outstanding cool climate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. With Burgundy ...
Read more â–¸X MUSE continues to develop as an aspirational brand in the luxury vodka market. Founders Robert Wilson and Vadim Grigorian contemplate whatâ€...
Read more â–¸Now that producers are reducing the amount of oak they use and pursuing terroir-first wines, the different personalities of Aglianico, Souther...
Read more â–¸Producers of Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG are slowly but surely shaking off a reputation for bland and insipid wines. The combination of at...
Read more â–¸Paul Caputo looks at the growing interest around single vineyard Prosecco and contemplates the significance of heroic viticulture. How importa...
Read more â–¸As growers celebrate 100 years of the demarcation of Moulin a Vent's vineyards, it looks forward to a more Burgundian approach to classifying its b...
Read more â–¸Something has happened to Soave in the last decade. It seems to have gone from being one of the most uninspiring names in wine to one of the most s...
Read more â–¸The Gurjaani Wine Festival in Georgia has become one of the biggest cultural and gastronomic events in the country. Here are a few reflections on P...
Read more â–¸Piedmont's Grignolino grape could be very trendy. Its light body and red fruit flavours are in stylistic demand, but what's holding it back?
Read more â–¸The Glasgow Distillery has launched a second batch of its Glasgow 1770 Cask Strength single malts, featuring unpeated and peated editions with ABVs...
Read more â–¸The story of how the Conyngham family invested in music festivals and whiskey production to keep their 300-year-old estate relevant, blending herit...
Read more â–¸I'm really happy to announce I'll be writing the Tuscany edition of Academie du Vin's 'The Smart Traveller's Wine Guides'. All being well, it will...
Read more â–¸It's starting to get colder in the UK. Heavy rain and darker nights have set in. Here are a few highlights from my tasting (and drinking) this month.
Read more â–¸Campania's white grapes are producing some outstanding wines and deserve our attention. Here are some to look out for.
Fiano is a historic white grape from southern Italy, best known for producing ageworthy, textural wines with refined aromatics and mineral structure. Closely tied to Campania
Read more â–¸Falanghina Flegrea is a white grape variety grown to the west of Campania, around Naples and the Phlegraean Fields. It is found in the DOCs of Vesuvio, particularly the Lacryma Christi Bianco category, Campi Flegrei DOC, Falerno del Massico DOC...
Read more â–¸Greco is a historic white grape variety from southern Italy, best known for its role in the structured, mineral driven wines of Greco di Tufo DOCG in Campania. Revered since...
Read more â–¸Biancolella is a white grape grown along the coast, just south of Naples, and on nearby islands such as Ischia. Casa d'Ambra produce one of the most accessible examples.
Read more â–¸Coda di Volpe is a historic white grape variety from Campania, southern Italy, known for its soft texture, gentle aromatics, and role in traditional wines of Irpinia
Read more â–¸Fenile is a rare white grape variety found in along the Amalfi Coast in the Campania region of Southern Italy. It is thought to be virtually extinct, with only Cantine Marisa Cuomo still cultivating the variety for use within a blended white wine.
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