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Today I write not so much about a particular wine, but a way of life. For instance, on this past Sunday morning I was sitting in the main lobby of the Marriott Marquis on Times Square and I was chatting with my friends of some 30 years, Neil and Ma...

This is a brand-new name for us at Burrows Lightbourn with the wines just arriving a few weeks ago. I often write about the Russian River Valley as it is such a perfect place for pinot noir to show off its complexity and excellence. In the early 180...

It may not be technically accurate on all three fronts, but the vineyards of Bordeaux cover 264,000 acres; wines have been made there since the first century and there are close to 10,000 producers. The fact that our Lafite Rothschild 1989 lists fo...

I wrote about rosé wines for Valentine’s Day and also in May but, as this has become a major part of our wine sales, I do hope that you will excuse me picking this subject once again during this year. According to a US article in February, fine, dr...

For our last article during California Wine Month we are going to the very pinnacle of winemaking. Although it was on an evening years ago, I remember the phone call well; my wife had answered it and after listening for a while she covered the mout...

In keeping with California Wine Month, we feature a 240-acre estate located in Oakville, right in the heart of Napa Valley. Franciscan released their first Cabernet Sauvignon in 1975, the year I first became involved with the wonderful world of win...

My younger workmates sometimes refer to me as the storyteller and when it comes to the Simi Winery, established in Sonoma in 1876, I do have a few tales. They are appropriate as we celebrate California Wine Month. For instance, in the early 1900s a v...

The Wine Institute of California is an organisation based in San Francisco that is an association of approximately one thousand wineries and it “initiates public policy to enhance the environment for the responsible production, consumption and enjoym...

The rule of thumb is that the more they tell you on a wine label about its origin, the better the wine is. For instance, if the label merely says French wine, we will not expect to be wowed, but if it says Bordeaux the interest perks up a bit. If it...

Many years ago I was involved with the sales of a range of sparkling wines from France called Veuve du Vernay, but until someone very recently asked if we would represent them in Bermuda, the thought of them had faded from my mind. To re-introduce ...