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The wines of Cairanne 2025

by  |  21-04-2025

It seems like only a blink ago that I was publishing the first report on the wines of Cairanne. Despite not much time passing, I was quite excited by what I tasted last summer and... more »

AdegaMãe – Blanc de Blancs 2021

by  |  17-04-2025

I came for a cocktail, but I drank the bubbly. Finding a proper wine bar in any town with a beach is a wanting proposition. If you go to somewhere like Dubrovnik, I can’t emphasize... more »

A wine writer needs a wine education

by  |  15-04-2025 ~ 4 Comments

My good friend and well-respected drinks writer, Henry Jeffreys recently wrote an engaging post titled, “Do wine writers need qualifications?” It rightly gained a great deal of attention given that both the "writing" and "education"... more »

The wines of Madeira 2025

by  |  10-04-2025

If you’re not going up the side of a mountain in Madeira, then you’re most likely sitting in the water. I live in the mountains, but I’ve rarely seen such an extreme and vertiginous landscape... more »

Le Macchiole Bolgheri Rosso 2020

by  |  08-04-2025

I never get tired of the Super Tuscan story. Traveling around various wine regions throughout the years, I’ve encountered no end of winemakers who’ve decided to invest heavily in French varieties for any number of... more »

Connecting shores: The 1st Mediterranean Wine Symposium

by  |  03-04-2025 ~ 3 Comments

It goes without saying that the Mediterranean Sea is a tremendously large body of water. As it spans some 3,700km, forming the southern boundary of what we define as “Europe”, its waters shimmer with undulations... more »

Ten fine examples of Great Greek Wines

by  |  01-04-2025

Back in 2019, Master of Wine, Yiannis Karakasis did something that many others have done in the past, he started a wine competition. He did things very, very differently though. First, it was just for... more »