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“This we know: the earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.” ...

Last week I started a series of articles covering wines made with harmony, and respect for Mother Nature. This week I will share a few that have the Demeter symbol on the label, guaranteeing that their practices obey all the rules of this worldwide...

Delegates from approximately 200 countries will meet in Scotland from October 31 until November 12 to discuss ways to mitigate climate change. As I have had a career “selling climate in a bottle” for more than half my life, I am extremely interested ...

It is so easy to just buy sauvignon blanc, chardonnay or pinot grigio, but trying the lesser-known varietals can result in happy surprises and enhanced meals. For instance, I would suggest you match the grillo grape with wahoo, rockfish, or vegetable...

Our first wine this week is the 2017 Pasqua Romeo & Juliet Ripasso Superiore. The Pasqua family, who have a passion for wine and a strong link with Verona, their city of origin, describe it as such: “If wine is the poetry of the earth to the heavens...

You can imagine my disappointment when I realised that we presently have nothing to offer you for International Prokupac Day. The good news is that if you find yourself in Serbia on October 14, I am sure that there will be many opportunities to celeb...

I just love the wines from the Cune winery in Spain as they are always delicious and so well made. During a recent visit to one of our stores the manager pointed out a bottle of 2019 Bela Ribera del Duero and suggested that I should try it as it had...

We decided in our home this year to celebrate September 10 with a whole week of rather special wines as it was on that day in 1977 that a young lady arrived here to see whether we were meant to be together. Obviously we were! It is also the beginnin...

Today we are going to discuss the seventh most planted wine grape in the world. It wedges in there between syrah in sixth and sauvignon blanc in the eighth spot. I am sure that we all remember exactly where we were on International Grenache Day 20 ye...

Since the Thursday before Labour Day is set aside to celebrate the most extensively planted wine grape, I will continue from last Friday’s column and describe a few more of our cabernet sauvignons. But first, a little information. It varies considera...