I really do love Australian wine. The more I dig into it, the more I discover exciting, niche estates dotted around the country that are a million miles away from the jammy, off-dry wines my parents used to buy from supermarkets; the so-called ‘Sunshine in a bottle’. If you read my blog, you may recall […]
International wines are often quite tricky to find in Barcelona, and the attentive reader will have noticed I tend to source my wines from a large variety of vendors and distributors in order to keep a broad coverage. However, some wines simply have no representation at all and so when someone is heading back from […]
I drink wine everyday. This comes in a few different forms but it’s usually whilst having lunch at home, splitting some bottles between friends or on that rare, beautiful occasion, alone with a good book. Despite the fact that I spend most of my disposable income on wine, I have to be very careful about […]
The last decade has seen something of a renaissance for South African wine, particularly in London, who were the first to embrace the exciting new wines from this historically important producer. It’s worth remembering that the modern South African wine industry dates back as recently as the mid 90’s, when the first democratic elections were […]
Our penultimate Maestrazgo Wine Club before the summer break took place at Kserol restaurant in Barcelona, where we met up for some delicious wine and lunch on arguably the first really hot day of the year. Normally I try and write up the experience, held together as they are by a theme of some sort, […]