SIMPLY MIND BLOWING

In one day Naked Wines customers raised £100K to fund the dream of a South African winemaker

Carmen Stevens needed help.

• Despite being head winemaker at the super-premium Amani…

Glastonbury wine review

The rain lashed down harder but we didn’t care. Why? Because we’d found a wine bar in the trenches of Glastonbury – a little patch of heaven in the mud and chaos of Worthy Farm.

As the…

Biodynamic wine – a load of bull?

If I had some chamomile, nettle or dandelion in a tea cup, I’d be deservedly beaten up. Put it in a cow horn and I’ll be either locked up with the crazies, or directed to the…

1981 Grand Cru Burgundy with Fish n’ Chips

A food match for 30 year old Grand Cru Burgundy? Why, fish n’ chips of course, with a generous dollop of mushy peas. The occasion was the 30^th anniversary of Patriarche Wine…

Video – A very expensive corked bottle of wine

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On the last day of my September 2010 trip to Burgundy (as kindly invited by Patriarche Wine Agencies) we headed for …

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru tasting – 2007 vs. 2008

The producers and members of l’Association de Grands Crus Classés de Saint-Emilion were in London last week to promote the wines of 2007 and 2008. With wine industry…