Owner of Jenkyn Place, Simon Bladon, shares the ups and downs of being an English wine producer in this live video interview from the vineyards of his Hampshire estate. He discusses why this year’s harvest in England has been a mixed bag (with a devastating …
Julian Jeffs is one of the world’s most experienced authors on Sherry and wines from Jerez. In this Julian Jeffs interview, Amanda Barnes asks him his perspective on how the region has changed since the 1950s, what makes it unique and why no one …
Julian Jeffs wrote ‘Sherry’ in 1961 and has been a pre-eminent writer on Sherry ever since, having tasted thousands of sherries since his first trip in the late 1950s. He shares his favourite sherry food pairing with us in this quick video interview. I …
When you start a wine tasting with advice for an emergency escape route in case the boat starts sinking, you know that this will be a tasting with a difference. The long barge boat of London Shell Co was the setting for a tasting …
Discover the difference between Malbec and Cot with French winemaker in Argentina, Francois Lurton. The difference is in more than just the name according to this experienced winemaker who makes both red wine varieties in his Lurton wine estate in the Uco Valley, Mendoza, …
Selling en primeur is usually the domain of fine wines from Bordeaux and Burgundy, but Uruguay is about to join the ranks with its first en primeur release launched by Bodega Garzón. Last week during Vinexpo Bordeaux I was invited to a handsome dinner …
Here in England (I’m getting geared up for our 80 Harvests European leg!) it is the Sherry Festival (5-18th June) which means bars and wine shops around the UK are running promos on sherry wines to get consumers back into the golden nectar from Jerez. It …
In this Okanagan Crush Pad interview, David Scholefield explains why their new vineyard is perhaps the most ambitious plantation yet in an already extreme region. OCP’s David Scholefield has been in the wine industry since the 80s and seen how wine consumption and wine production has …
We’ve pulled together this Okanagan Fast Facts feature so that you can get to grips with the wine region and wines of this beautiful valley in British Columbia, Canada. Our photographic guide to Okanagan includes: the essentials of terroir (the soil types, climate, average temperatures, …
Camilo Magoni has been making wine in Mexico longer than anyone. An Italian winemaker who came to Baja California over 40 years ago, he has tried out hundreds of wine varieties and worked for decades at the largest producer in Mexico – La Cetto. …