It is about this time of the year that I snatch a few short visits to various wine producing countries in Europe. Major work within vineyards is reduced, apart that is from the day-to-day maintenance – canopy management to cosset or expose the grapes to various...
I’ve just returned from the hot and dusty fairground known as the London International Wine Fair 2008, held at Excel, the vast newly built aircraft hanger at the Royal Docks in East London. It is gigantic and impersonal, the hall so long that you could get a Formula 1...
It was a genuine thrill to contribute an additional column to the EDP with the accent firmly on food. You are doubtless aware from my wine column that I am often guilty of approaching missionary work when it comes to food and wine pairing, as I firmly believe that one...
Within this column I’m usually open to suggestions, happy to respond to the widening demands of our readership as well as the prevailing fashions of the wine drinking public. I’m even happy to tag along with the theme of the day in the belief that everything’s worthy...
At the time of writing I have virtually completed the lengthy selection of wines and winemakers to exhibit at our forthcoming (and tenth) Annual Trade Wine tasting here in Norfolk. The process is often fraught and exciting in equal measure. With fashions in wine...
