Zorik Gharibian, the founder of Zorah Wines, is a man with a big dream – to put Armenian wines back on the global map after years of neglect. Hearing him…
This week, I discovered that I can’t afford Margaret River wines. Or at least, not the ones I’d really love to drink. Margaret River – the pocket of land below…
Xinomavro – putting Greek reds back on the international stage Xinomavro (ksee-no-mav-ro) is a red grape predominantly from Naoussa in Macedonia, northern Greece. It is grown in other parts of…
Madeira wine – wine with a story Wines have been grown on Madeira since the 15th century. God knows how. On first look, it’s a miracle that anything grows there.…
Oberwesel and river Rhine We decided to focus on German wines – specifically the Rhinegau and Rhinehessen regions – last wine club (any excuse to serve curryworst and German potato…
We visited Terroirs, the wine bar in London’s Charing Cross that specialises in natural wines, last weekend. The term natural wines is enough to send at least one member of our…
Croatian Wines If I’m honest, I went to our wine club’s Croatian wine tasting thinking it would be interesting but I wouldn’t love the wines. I came away having…
Crackers for whiskey or gin lovers Not strictly for wine lovers, but these Christmas crackers from Drinks by the Dram that we had at the latest wine club are fantastic. Say…
Fellow wine clubber Lea and I went to Drakes Tabanco (3 Windmill Street, London W1T 2HY) for tapas and wine this week. I really recommend it if you haven’t been.…
I’ve always loved Gavi wines, the lovely crisp, dry, mineral Cortese wine from Piemonte in the north-west corner of Italy, so I was really excited about focusing on Piemonte wines…