At the moment I’m in London. And it is not difficult to see why many people call it the wine capital of the world. It is easy to be a wine writer in London – the winemakers come to you! I’ve been invited to …
Category:
Notes from the Road
How many times have you heard someone complain about sulphites in wine? Far too many times in my opinion. I think one of the greatest modern wine myths is that sulphites give you a hangover. If you have ever got a hangover from drinking …
Croatia is a beautiful country to visit on any holiday, but it is also a great option for wine lovers and wine adventurists. I spent 10 days hopping between wine regions and islands (and, yes, I did some beach hopping too) which was about right …
Pag is, like most of Croatia’s islands, quite remarkable. A large, sun-bleached rocky outcrop in the middle of the Adriatic sea, surrounded by crystal-clear water and with perfect beaches that pull in the tourists. But there’s another reason that gastronomes and oenophiles might want …
This is the landmark winery for Hvar as its founder Andro Tomić is credited for the renaissance in Hvar wine production. Having grown up on the island to a family which had been producing their own homemade wine for generations, Andro went to Zagreb …
When there were only a handful of Croatian wines in the market, Judith and Trevor of Pacta Connect decided to bring in more. But in order to do so they spent several years visiting different producers around Croatia. What did they find? They share …
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 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 …