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 …
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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 …
Barolo and Barbaresco are two of the most famous wine regions in not only Italy, but in the wine world. But what is the difference between Barolo and Barbaresco? Here’s our fast facts and terroir essentials to the wine regions and wines from this …
Discover the wines of Gaillac and learn the essentials of the terroir with our Fast Facts guide to this region in South-west France. Read on for the essentials of terroir (the soil types, climate, average temperatures, rainfall, longitude and latitude, and altitude); the main grape …
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 …
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 …