“Todo se transforma” Uruguay is one of the most exciting, up-and-coming wine-producing countries in the world right now. That’s my conclusion after spending a week touring its regions in January...
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What makes a wine taste expensive?
by Margaret Rand
...capital letters, all over. It looked expensive because you knew it was expensive; but it also looked desperately insecure. Says Alex Hunt MW of Berkman Wine Cellars, “If I could...
2012 Neudorf, Moutere Pinot Noir, Nelson
Consistently among the top three Pinots in Nelson, the Finns’ best cuvée comes from the famous Moutere clays and tends to be quite a structured red, showing more tannin than...
Wine and the Académie Française
by Robert Joseph
...to a particular story. Whoever came up with mot-diese as the official l’academie francaise word for hashtag is un vrai con. You can’t even properly hashtag it! — Sam Knight...
2009 Sylvain Loichet, Clos de Vougeot, Burgundy
Mid ruby/garnet. Aromatic, modern style with quite a bit of oak. Firm and slightly chunky on the palate, but there’s more than enough fruit underneath for balance. A wine that...
The Curse Of Bordeaux
by Andy Neather
...normal euphemism for “rubbish year in Bordeaux”. Vignerons I talked to across France this summer – in Bergerac, Saint Emilion, Côtes de Bourg, Chinon and Vouvray – all worried about...
Everything you need to know about Prosecco
by Tim Atkin
...more international Chardonnay and Pinot Bianco. There are several clones of Prosecco. Prosecco Balbi is the most planted (and arguably the best) but you can also find Prosecco Lungo, Prosecco...
Bordeaux 2009 revisited: plush, lush, but no shoe-in
by Sarah Abbott MW
...and is also much more pacy and nuanced than Cos d’Estournel, which seems these days to be more of a fetishistic performance than a drink. Calon-Ségur is a total star:...
Eccentric Current
by Matt Walls
...sparkling instead – Pinotage does have Pinot Noir as a parent variety after all, and he points out that Simonsig already make a good one. “It might be a total...
Facing The Fires
by Christy Canterbury MW
...that CalFire offers controlled burning for which the state assumes liability rather than a landowner. Local authorities also offer free assessments for irrigation system efficiency and carbon impact management, all...
Too much bottle?
by Simon Woolf
...that great big heavy glass bottle could triple the wine’s carbon footprint by the time it reaches its final destination. Of course, wine needs to be kept in a sturdy...
A Good Marriage
by Margaret Rand
...And if you are successful in that, food cannot improve them. Not that they all care about that. As a witness, let me summon my recollections of various dinners and...