“Len Evans did more to advance the cause of wine in Australia than any other individual,” so says The Oxford Companion of Wine.
I’ll always remember his sense of humour. At a lecture in New York City...
It is heartening to see interest growing in how we treat precious land and how we farm.
To some, however, having organic on the label still portrays a feeling of “kinky”; that the product belongs on “...
There are quite a few fortified wines available. By this I mean that distilled spirits, (mostly grape brandy), are added to bring the alcohol level up to 20 per cent or thereabouts.
Well-known examp...
The 78,000 acres of vineyards in the Champagne district account for about 4 per cent of the overall total planted in France.
Of the 19,000 grape growers, a little over 2,000 produce their own wines ...
I’m thinking about a finishing touch for the Christmas dinner. If I get my way it will be English pudding, doused with cognac and set ablaze. We will need port.
Graham’s was recently nominated by Dri...
Christmastime and roast turkey, and now all you need is a few special wines. I will do my best to help.
From the birthplace of chardonnay, and in an area where the first settlement goes back to 2500...
If you are into Italian wines you may have heard of Gambero Rosso, which is a yearly publication that gives information on Italian wineries and rates their wines.
Last year while in Milan I bought th...
Wine Spectator magazine claims to pick their top 100 wines from more than 18,000 blind-tasted each year.
Wine Enthusiast tastes approximately 22,000 and produces three lists: 100 Top Cellar Selection...
In 1898, Nicola Catena left famine-stricken Italy to find a new home in Argentina and it was his decision to plant Malbec in the high-mountain desert, as he felt that this grape would soar under such ...
Marriage is not always two people in love, it can also be a combination of two or more elements.
Today my mind is on wine and food that marry well together and, jointly, are even better than the sum o...
