There is nothing more dangerous than someone with a superficial love of wine and too much money to spend. Either they’ll elevate prices to ridiculous levels (just look at what happened in Bordeaux and what is currently happening in Burgundy), or they think that they need an own estate in […]
A long time ago, just as I started appreciating wine, I clung to everything that tasted good. When I discovered a sangiovese I liked, I would drink it it for weeks on end. After several attempts to replicate the same joy with wines from different producers failed miserably however, I […]
The currently most divisive topic in the wineworld is without a doubt the natural wine movement. You are either for it or against it, and middle ground is seemingly non-existent. Attentive readers may have noticed that I have not really partaken in the whole debate, and I have no intention […]
For a very long time, Garnacha/Grenache was one of those grapes that I did not get. In my earlier days of wine discovering I ventured into the Southern Rhône simply as these wines were abundantly available and affordable for a student. The wines went down well, but did not give […]