Balmy Spring days and mature, modest Bourgogne Rouge go so very well together. I’ve recently completed a bit of a shop at Vila Viniteca and as a result, have a small variety of different wines to try, mainly from around France. Quite often a producer’s lesser wines will go unnoticed and gradually gain maturity without […]
The sparkling wine of the week is another Cava and better yet, it’s another Sumoll based Cava which makes for a nice comparison with the Clos Lentiscus Sumoll Reserva reviewed last week. Sumoll is an interesting grape that I very much enjoy as a still wine, yet seems to be finding itself used in sparkling […]
Happy accidents are some of the greatest joys in the wine world. Case in point, my completely unintentional discovery of Andrea Occhipinti and his delicious wines. If you read my blog or follow any of my social media, you’ll know I tend to taste and drink quite broadly; partly for fun and partly to ensure […]
Do you ever have those moments where you do/eat/drink something and you wonder why you don’t more often? I always have that sensation with sparkling wine which, whilst I very much like drinking them, rarely seem to make it into my shopping basket. I intend to remedy that this year and try to rotate a […]
Australia is, for me, one of the most exciting wine producing countries in the world. A wonderful mixture of continuous innovation and change, yet home to some of the New Worlds most famous brands that have remained remarkably consistent over the years. Trying to define a ‘typical’ Australian wine now is harder than it’s ever […]