Readers of this blog and other articles I write will know that I’ve developed a speciality of wines of the Jura, France’s smallest wine region. Since Jura is synonymous with Vin Jaune, the curious wine from the Savagnin grape, I often mention and discuss it. But now, I’ve fallen for another curious yellow wine –… View more
Just over a year ago I wrote here about the stupidity of the French lawmakers who had decreed that certain articles about wine had to carry a health warning just like advertising does in France. Discussions continued all last year about the subject of wine sales on the internet being technically illegal in France –… View more
For this coming week only, Selfridges’ up-market and comfortable Wonder Bar in Oxford Street, London is offering a great deal with 25ml tastes of a range of 52 Decanter Trophy winning wines. At the launch I enjoyed sips of a Castillo de Molina Sauvignon from Elqui, Chile; Wild Earth Pinot Noir from Central Otago, New… View more
For a long time, I’ve had a very dull fascination with postcodes. I used to hate British postcodes because they are so hard to type – with letters and numbers mixed up. On the other hand, they have the great plus that each postcode covers a maximum number of around 100 properties, sometimes even just… View more
