If you follow me on social media or read this blog, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of Albariño. This white, Galician grape has produced some of the very best Spanish white wines I’ve had the pleasure of trying, and even the most average examples are, at the very least, refreshing. Fairly recently I […]
Rioja is often described in terms of ‘traditional’ producers vs ‘modern’ producers, drawing a line between those who stick to the old-fashioned methods of gentle extractions, long macerations and extended periods of time in old American oak barrels, vs the more Ribera del Duero-esque wines, that favour more extraction and shorter maturation times in new […]
It seems that everyone is writing about rosé wine these days, which I suppose comes as no surprise considering how popular the style has become in such a short space of time. Quite how this came about isn’t entirely clear, but it seems to be mainly due to a younger audience wanting something sexy and […]
Today marks exactly 2 weeks since my last sip of anything remotely alcoholic, concluding a short break from tasting, drinking and imbibing of any sort. It’s probably not a good sign that I consider this to be worth writing about, but as I’ve not spent more than a few days without drinking some sort of […]
Argentinian Malbec is one of the great vinous success stories of the early 21st century, rising from the ashes of a nations bankruptcy and political turmoil to heights not dreamed of. There’s more than an element of right-place-right-time, as there always is in the most dramatic of ascensions, yet I don’t think anyone could have […]