-
2011:
the year in pictures (02/01/12)
-
Benovia:
high-end boutique winery in Sonoma, California (29/12/11)
-
Visiting
Michel Chapoutier: a trip to one of the Rhône's most famous
producers (28/12/11)
-
The
Hill of Hermitage: the famous northern Rhône appellation
(28/12/11)
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Champagne
Philipponnat: remarkable fizz, including the celebrated Clos
des Goisses (21/12/11)
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Kumeu
River: a Chardonnay specialist from New Zealand's West
Auckland (20/12/11)
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Pegasus
Bay: noted Riesling specialist from New Zealand's Waipara
region (19/12/11)
Kumeu
River: a Chardonnay specialist from New Zealand's West
Auckland (20/12/11)
Pegasus
Bay: noted Riesling specialist from New Zealand's Waipara
region (19/12/11)
Thelema:
one of South Africa's top estates reviewed (18/12/11)
Donson
& Lepage: micronegociant Champagne house reviewed
(16/12/11)
Authentic
Wine reviewed: a collection of reviews of the new book by Sam
Harrop and me (14/12/11)
20
top Australian reds, tasted blind: how did the great names
fare? (11/12/11)
Icon
wines at the Sampler: tasting old, rare and very expensive
bottles at this innovative merchant (10/12/11)
The
wines of Picardy: elegant wines from Pemberton, Western
Australia (09/12/11)
Rayas
and friends: a remarkable tasting of the Reynaud family
wines, Chateauneuf du Pape and Cotes du Rhone (08/12/11)
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Champagne,
offline: some high-end fizz tasted (02/12/11)
-
Waterkloof:
impressive wines from this naturally inclined Stellenbosch
producer (25/11/11)
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Cambridge
Road: a brilliant biodynamic winery in New Zealand's
Martinborough region (24/11/11)
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2000,
a classic Bordeaux vintage: tasting 13 top wines to see how
they are developing (23/11/11)
-
Villa
Victoria: part 4, Russian series (19/11/11)
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Fanagoria:
visiting Russia's largest winery, on the Black Sea coast
(17/11/11)
-
Sir
George Fistonich: interviewing the founder of Villa Maria, one
of New Zealand's top wineries (03/11/11)
-
How
oak barrels are made: an illustrated guide (30/10/11)
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Ferngrove:
leading winery from Frankland River in Western Australia
(28/10/11)
-
Allegrini:
reviewing the wines from this leading Valpolicella producer
(27/10/11)
-
Bodegas
Riojanas: part 4, Rioja series (26/10/11)
- Visiting
Russia's vineyards: Part
1, introduction, and Part
2, Chateau Le Grand Vostock (24/10/11)
- The
wines of La Motte: Frahschoek, South Africa (09/10/11)
- Australian
Pinot Noir:
a tasting of old and new classics (09/10/11)
- Agnes
and Rene Mosse: brilliant Chenin Blanc from Anjou (02/10/11)
- Jean-Claude
Lapalu: brilliant natural Beaujolais (01/10/11)
- Fanny
Sabre: natural Burgundies from a young grower in Beaune
(30/09/11)
- San
Fereolo: super Dolcetto from Langhe, Italy (30/09/11)
- Cobaw
Ridge: top wines from Australia's Macedon Ranges (29/09/11)
- Meridiana:
wines from Malta (28/09/11)
- Sileni: major Hawkes Bay (NZ) producer
reviewed (28/09/11)
- Yabby
Lake: the 2009 releases from this star Mornington winery
(27/09/11)
- Historical
pictures from Portugal's Douro region (19/09/11)
- Almeida
Garrett: nice wines from Portugal's Beira Interior (17/09/11)
- Carbone:
Aglianico and Fiano from Mount Vulture in Italy's Basilicata
region (09/09/11)
- Graci:
interesting, authentic wines from Mount Etna, Sicily (09/09/11)
- Domaine
Jones: Katie Jones' new project in the South of France
(07/11/09)
- Quinta
do Casal Branco: one of the leading producers in Portugal's
Tejo (29/08/11)
- Victor
Arroyo: visiting this wine grower in Spain's Bierzo region
(28/08/11)
- Australian
Chardonnay: a serious selection tasted (25/08/11)
- Viña
Leyda: a visit to one of Chile's most exciting producers
(25/08/11)
- Voodoo
vintners: Katherine Cole's book about biodynamic wine in
Oregon reviewed (22/08/11)
- Littorai:
top Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from California (19/08/11)
- Mitolo:
impressive wines from Australia's McLaren Vale (18/08/11)
- Felton
Road: the stunning 2009 releases from this top Central Otago
winery (18/08/11)
- Quartz
Reef: great wines from Rudi Bauer in New Zealand's Central
Otago (17/08/11)
- Naked
Wine: Alice Feiring's important new book reviewed (16/08/11)
- Clos
du Tue-Boeuf and Puzelat Freres: natural wines from the Loire
(15/08/11)
- Finch's
Line: wonderful Shiraz from the Hunter Valley (14/08/11)
- Valdemar:
part 3 of my Rioja series (06/08/11)
- Marcel Deiss:
report updated with new notes (04/08/11)
- How
wine is made: an illustrated guide (03/08/11)
- Mac
Forbes: profile of one of Australia's most talented
winegrowers (29/07/11)
- Dirk
Niepoort and his remarkable wines: updated with new tasting
notes (29/07/11)
- Quinta
de la Rosa: one of the Douro's leading properties (28/07/11)
- Quinta
da Pacheca: reviewing wines from this Douro property
(26/07/11)
- Vadio:
a new producer from Portugal's Bairrada region (25/07/11)
- Champagne
Taittinger: excellent wines from this mid-sized house
(22/07/11)
- Kenwood
Vineyards: visiting one of Sonoma's best-value producers
(22/07/11)
- Alvaro
Castro in the Dão: a review of the work of one of Portugal's
top winegrowers (21/07/11)
- The
wines of CARM, Douro Superior, Portugal (19/07/11)
- Photos
from Malhadinha Nova, in Portugal's Alentejo region (19/07/11)
- Martinborough
Vineyard: part 5 of my Martinborough/Waipara series (18/07/11)
- Syrah
around the world: a blind tasting of 10 top wines (11/07/11)
- Gladstone:
part 4 of the Martinborough/Wairarapa series (07/07/11)
-
New
world classics: tasting some of the new world's great wines
(05/07/11)
-
La
Rioja Alta: part 2 in my Rioja series (29/06/11)
-
Shannon
and Oak Valley:
two producers from South Africa's Elgin region reviewed (28/06/11)
-
Doda
and Dado: a vertical tasting of this remarkable Dão/Douro
blend (23/06/11)
-
How
cork is made: an illustrated guide, and making
technical corks (17/06/11)
-
1961
Bordeaux: a horizontal tasting, 50 years on (16/06/11)
-
Domaine
Fourrier: the wonderful red Burgundies of Jean-Marie Fourrier
(12/06/11)
-
Marlborough:
photographs from New Zealand's largest wine region (11/06/11)
-
Neudorf:
an in-depth look at one of New Zealand's top wineries (10/06/11)
-
About
me: section updated (08/06/11)
- Johner:
one family making wines in New Zealand (Gladstone) and Germany
(Baden) 01/06/11)
- Kutch:
brilliant Pinot Noir from California's Sonoma (31/05/11)
- Le Soula:
wonderful wines from France's Roussillon (29/05/11)
- Josko
Gravner: a vertical tasting of these remarkable amphora
wines (26/05/11)
- Peccavi:
a new producer in Australia's Margaret River region (23/05/11)
- Chavy
Chouet: a rising star in Burgundy (14/05/11)
- Ata Rangi:
a visit to one of New Zealand's most exciting wineries
(12/05/11)
- Denis
Jamain: impressive wines from Reuilly in France's Loire
region (12/05/11)
- Gunderloch:
new tasting notes added to the review of this excellent German
producer (12/05/11)
- Herdade
São Miguel: a new producer from Portugal's Alentejo
(10/05/11)
- The
amazing Wendouree tasting: 14 examples of this famous wine
fom Australia's Clare Valley (08/05/11)
- Ponce:
natural wines from Manchuela, Spain, from the Bobal variety
(07/05/11)
- Declaration
tasting: 2009 Ports from Taylor's, Fonseca and Croft, plus
other vintages (06/05/11)
- Monte
la Reina: an ambitious new producer in Spain's Toro region
(03/05/11)
- Rupert
& Rothschild: South Africa revisited part 19 (27/04/11)
- Kir-Yianni:
great wines from Greece (24/04/11)
- Bordeaux,
viewed from the air: wine photographs (20/04/11)
- Conceito:
new releases from one of the Douro's new stars (18/04/11)
- Brokenwood:
visiting one of the Hunter Valley's top wineries (10/04/11)
- The
wines of Henriques & Henriques: top Madeiras (09/04/11)
- Photos
from Bordeaux: Pomerol (08/04/11)
- Recently
tasted: 52 wines from Waitrose (07/04/11)
- The
wines of Pomerol: Bordeaux's afterthought - a tasting back
to 1952 (05/04/11)
- Ditching
screwcaps in favour of cork: Adam Mason of Klein Constantia
explains his controversial switch (04/04/11)
- Gerovassiliou:
Greece's best wine producer? (23/03/11)
- The
great Portuguese fortified wine tasting: 40 great Ports,
Moscatels and Madeiras dating back to 1863 (22/03/11)
- Escoda
Sanahuja: interesting natural wines from a biodynamic winery
in Spain's Conca de Barbera region (15/03/11)
- 12
High-end Hungarian wines: a mixed bag (14/03/11)
- Gibbston
Valley: visiting one of Central Otago's top wineries
(11/03/11)
- Finca
Allende: great wines from this terroir-driven Rioja producer
(04/03/11)
- Anthonij
Rupert and L'Ormarins Estate: one of South Africa's most
ambitious producers (19/02/11)
- Eagles'
Nest: promising new winery from South Africa's Constantia
region (18/02/11)
- Dry
River: one of New Zealand's most exciting wineries - an
interview with Neil McCallum and his team, plus a tasting
(17/02/11)
- Randall
Grahm: an interview and tasting with the man behind Bonny
Doon (16/02/11)
- Stonier:
classy Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Australia's Mornington
Peninsula (14/02/11)
- Quinta
da Romaneira: spectacular Douro property, recently revived
(05/02/11)
- Photographs
from Romaneira, a beautiful estate in Portugal's Douro
(05/02/11)
- Paul Cluver:
pioneering winery in Elgin, South Africa (05/02/11)
- Iona:
serious Sauvignon Blanc from South Africa's Elgin region
(04/02/11)
- Photos
from Bordeaux: harvest time approaches at Chateau Brown,
Pessac Leognan (02/02/11)
- Social
media in the wine industry: 12 things you need to know
(01/02/11)
- Domaine
de la Romanée Conti, 2008 vintage (31/01/11)
- Dourthe: visiting this leading
Bordeaux negociant and property owner: introduction;
blending the No.
1 Sauvignon Blanc; Ch
La Garde; Ch
Pey La Tour; Ch
Belgrave and blending Essence; Ch
Le Bosq (25/01/11)
-
The
wines of Michelle Richardson (18/01/11)
-
Waitaki
Braids (18/01/11)
-
Cakebread,
Napa Valley (16/01/11)
- Au Bon
Climat: impressive Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from
California's Central Coast (14/01/11)
- Chamonix:
one of South Africa's top wineries reviewed (13/01/11)
- Tyrrells:
one of Australia's great wineries, from the Hunter Valley
(10/01/11)
- Mount
Etna: a tasting of wines from this emerging Sicilian region
(08/01/11)
- Veranda,
Bío Bío: exploring the diversity of Chile's vineyards,
part 1 (06/01/11)
- Landmark
Australia Tutorial session 7: alternative varieties
(04/01/12)
- Focus on Portugal's Vinho Verde
region: Quinta de
Lourosa; Monção
Co-op; Quinta de
Azevedo; Quinta
de Paços and Quinta do Ameal
(03/01/11)
- Visiting Taylor, Fonseca and
Croft: part 1, introduction;
part 2, Taylor's; part 3, Fonseca;
part 4, Croft;
part 5, Nogueira
winery; and photo sets 1,
2 and 3
(01/01/11)
- Wine
tasting: subjective or objective? (28/12/10)
- Vin
de Constance: a vertical of Klein Constantia's famous
dessert wine (22/12/10)
- Constructing
reality: some thoughts on the nature of perception, and how
this applies to wine tasting (21/12/10)
- COS:
fascinating natural wines from Sicily, Italy (20/12/10)
- The
wines of Frederic Cossard: natural wines from Domaine de
Chassorney (19/12/10)
- Photos
from Mendoza, Argentina's top wine region (18/12/10)
- Spotlight
on northern Rhône Syrah: a seminar and tasting with Jason
Yapp (17/12/10)
- Three Champagne producers
reviewed: Tarlant, Andre
Jacquart and Moutard
(16/12/10)
- Larry
Cherubino: sensationally good wines from Western Australia
(15/12/10)
- What
have the scientists done for us? Charting advances in wine
science over the last 20 years (14/12/10)
-
Hermit
on the Hill: Pieter de
Waal's exciting boutique South African wines (13/12/10)
-
South
Africa's winelands:
photos of Durbanville, Elgin and Franschhoek (13/12/10)
-
Fynbos:
photos of the native vegetation in the Cape's winelands
(11/12/10)
-
All
about coffee: a seminar
with James Hoffmann (10/12/10)
-
Grgich
Hills: biodynamic Napa
Valley producer reviewed (07/12/10)
-
Photos
of Chile's wine regions,
part 1 (27/11/10)
-
Fairview,
Spice Route and the Goats:
visiting pioneering South African winemaker Charles Back
(25/11/10)
-
Migliarina:
exciting Syrah from this Stellenbosch producer (20/11/10)
-
Trinchero:
Napa Valley series, part 7 (18/11/10)
-
Sogevinus:
reviewing the Ports and table wines from this important Douro
producer (17/11/10)
-
Raats
Family Wines: South
Africa's Chenin Blanc and Cab Franc specialist (16/11/10)
-
Clos
du Tart: visiting
one of Burgundy's greats (15/11/10)
-
Peregrine: part
7, visiting New Zealand's Central Otago region (12/11/10)
- Sterhuis:
nice wines from Stellenbosch, South Africa (11/11/10)
- Amelia
Park: an interesting new Margaret River producer (08/11/10)
- Douro
Family Estates: a new collaborative venture between four
properties in Portugal's Douro (07/11/10)
- Inside
Burgundy: an important new book from Jasper Morris
(05/11/10)
- The
Wine Opus: a significant new wine reference book reviewed
(05/11/10)
- Martinborough
Pinot Noir retrospective: tasting the top wines from this
New Zealand region, 2004 to 2007 (27/10/10)
- Shaw and
Smith: new Australian classics (15/10/10)
- Scali:
fantastic wines from the Swartland (14/10/10)
- Amisfield:
part 6, Central Otago wine region (11/10/10)
- The
Wine Opus launch: 12 wines tasted at the launch of this new
book (01/10/10)
- Trefethen:
part 6, Napa Valley series (26/09/10)
- Taylor,
Fonseca and Croft: their sensational 2008 Single Quinta
Ports (25/09/10)
- Woodward
Canyon: pioneering producer from Washington State's Walla
Walla (24/09/10)
- Rippon:
visiting this exciting Central Otago producer (22/09/10)
- Andrew
Hoadley: interviewing this emerging Western Australian
winemaker (17/09/10)
- Vondeling:
nice wines from South Africa's Swartland (08/09/10)
- Pictures
from South Africa's Swartland region (08/09/10)
- Esporão:
new releases from this important Alentejo producer (07/09/10)
- Quinta
da Raza: wines from Portugal's Vinho Verde (07/09/10)
- Man
O'War: visiting this spectacular property in New Zealand's
Waiheke Island (01/09/10)
- Photographs
from the Douro Valley, Portugal, and part
2 (29/08/10)
-
Mullineux
Family Wines: an exciting new producer from South Africa's
Swartland (28/08/10)
-
Tapanappa:
fine wines from priveliged sites in Australia (27/08/10)
-
20 more wines
recently tasted (26/08/10)
-
Clonakilla
Shiraz Viognier: a vertical tasting of this remarkable wine,
1997-2008 (25/08/10)
-
Bodega
Arribes del Duero: visiting Arribes, a small, interesting
Spanish region (23/08/10)
-
Landmark
Australia Tutorial, session 5, Cabernet Sauvignon (21/08/10)
-
Lagier
Meredith: superb Syrah from California's Napa Valley
(18/08/10)
-
Lammershoek:
great winesfrom South Africa's Swartland region (17/08/10)
-
Carrick:
part 4, visiting New Zealand's Central Otago region (16/08/10)
-
Tokara:
ambitious new South African producer (14/08/10)
-
Quinta
do Noval Nacional and Vintage Port tasting, back to 1962
(09/08/10)
-
About
me section updated (04/08/10)
-
Quinta
do Noval: visiting this spectacular property in Portugal's
Douro region (02/08/10)
-
Photos from Quinta
do Noval, and Noval's
famous Nacional vineyard, in Portugal's Douro (01/08/10)
-
25 wines recently
tasted (30/07/10)
- Saintsbury:
visiting one of California's Pinot Noir specialists (26/07/10)
- Pisa
Range: part 3 of my Central Otago series (25/07/10)
- Visiting
the spectacular Mosel with Ernie Loosen, part 6 Germany
series (22/07/10)
- Sylvain
Cathiard: visiting this prestigious Burgundy producer
(20/07/10)
- Oak:
how barrels shape wines (12/07/10)
- Eben
Sadie: one of South Africa's most interesting winegrowers
(06/07/10)
- Semillon
and Sauvignon: session 5, Landmark Australia Tutorial
(05/07/10)
- Philippe
Pacalet: incredibly pure naturally made Burgundies
(26/06/10)
- Yabby
Lake: sensational Pinot and Chardonnay from Australia's
Mornington Peninsula (23/06/10)
- Photos
from the Mosel: one of the world's most spectacular wine
regions (19/06/10)
- Anselmi:
superb whites from Italy's Veneto (19/06/10)
- Laithwaites:
a change of direction for this important UK retailer? (18/06/10)
- Volnay
tasting: exploring the wines of this famous Burgundy village
(15/06/10)
- Champagne
Ayala: visiting Bollinger's sister house (13/06/10)
- Paul
Furst: a Pinot Noir expert from Germany's Franconia
(9/06/10)
- Koshu:
wines from Japan (06/06/10)
- Herdade
do Rocim: an ambitious new producer from Portugal's Alentejo
(03/06/10)
- Visiting
Domaine Dujac: one of Burgundy's great domaines (03/06/10)
- Corison:
part 3 of the Napa Valley series (02/06/10)
- Landmark
Australia's historic perspective: a remarkable tasting of
Aussie greats, back to 1954 (01/06/10)
- Equipo
Navazos: tasting these remarkable sherries from team Navazos
(31/05/10)
- Mount
Difficulty: visiting Central Otago's largest winery
(28/05/10)
- Jacob's
Creek Steingarten Riesling: one of Australia's best known
(24/05/10)
- Jean
Francois Ganevat: superb wines from France's Jura (19/05/10)
- Gunderloch:
visiting this leading Rheinhessen producer (17/05/10)
- Schramsberg:
top Sparkling wines from the Napa Valley (13/05/10)
- Bindi:
one of Australia's top producers of Pinot and Chardonnay
(08/05/10)
- Cain:
Napa Valley trip, part 1 (04/05/10)
- Felton
Road: a visit to one of New Zealand's top wineries in the
spectacular Central Otago region (03/05/10)
- Quinta
de Sant'Ana: visiting an interesting new producer in
Portugal's Lisboa (29/04/10)
- Three more
videos added (24/04/10)
- Bordeaux
2009: tasting 27 top wines (21/04/10)
- Soalheiro:
visiting one of Vinho Verde's leading producers (20/04/10)
- Photographs
from the Napa Valley (17/04/10)
- Quinta
Nova: an important new producer from Portugal's Douro
(08/04/10)
- Photos from Germany: Part
1, Rheingau; and Part 2,
Nahe (05/04/10)
- Silvio
Jermann: top wines from Friuli, Italy (03/10/09)
- Viña
Leyda: one of Chile's most exciting producers (27/03/10)
- Louis
Latour: part 4, Burgundy series (26/03/10)
- Aneto:
another promising new Douro producer reviewed (22/03/10)
- Conceito:
an exciting new producer from Portugal's Douro (21/03/10)
- Pape
Clement vertical: top Bordeaux, tasted back to 1986
(13/03/10)
- Royal
Tokaji: tasting these incredible sweet Hungarian wines,
including the mytical Essencia (12/03/10)
- AA
Badenhorst Family Wines: new star from South Africa's
Swartland (08/03/10)
- Pierre
Morey/Morey Blanc: part 3, Burgundy series (07/03/10)
- Visiting
Planeta: an important winery in Sicily (02/03/10)
- Giovanni
Rosso: great Barolos from Davide Rosso (26/02/10)
- Staete
Landt: interesting Marlborough producer reviewed (25/02/10)
- Visiting
Champagne Bollinger: a three part series (18/02/10)
- A new home for my blog
(15/02/10)
- Sustainability,
organics, biodynamics: the new viticulture (08/02/10)
- Cape
Point: one of South Africa's most exciting new producers
(25/01/10)
- John
Duval: ex-Grange winemaker's own Barossa wines (22/01/10)
- Yarra
Yering: quirky, wonderful Yarra wines (18/01/10)
- Foz
de Arouce: fine wines from Portugal's Beiras region
(05/01/10)
- Churchill:
table wines and Ports from this leading Douro producer
(03/01/10)
