Italy probably produces wines with a greater pendulum swing than any other wine producing country in the world, from the sublime and exciting to the characterless and the disgusting. This comes as no surprise when you consider that the country was made up of...
Of the world’s fortified wines Port and Sherry are its principal ambassadors A fortified wine is one to which Brandy or grape spirit has been added. After fermentation in the case of Sherry, during fermentation in the case of Port. Only forty or so years ago...
Germany’s wine industry has been a game of two halves. Their production and export of wines to Britain (formerly their biggest market) has been a continuous and well supported relationship for centuries. Those of you with the ability or wish to remember the 60’s and...
Australia has influenced the drinking habits of the post-war generation more than any other wine making country in the world. The country, at least the wine producing parts of it, is hotter, larger and younger than anything we normally associate with European...
Champagne is know the world over for its production of delightful and expensive sparkling wines so often earmarked for special occasions and exuberant celebration. The name whose derivation is from the Latin Campania (meaning countryside), is a special wine from a...
