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Let me start with discussing a few statistics as possibly a quick scan of those recently released may have led to the wrong conclusion. I read last week that car sales were down 99 per cent, clothes and apparel minus 97.1 per cent, but wines and spi...

August 4 of each year is designated “World White Wine Day”, and although I am a little slow off the mark, I would like to suggest a few off the beaten path today. First I must confess that even after 45 years in this trade I am still puzzled by this ...

Michael Robinson loves educating people about wine. Working for Burrows & Lightbourn for 22 years as director of wines, he led many wine-tasting events and discussions. He also writes about wine in his weekly Royal Gazette column, Grape Expectations....

Supplying Bermuda with imported bananas for the first time in months was not without risk, farmer and entrepreneur Roland “Junior” Hill said yesterday. Mr Hill said he took a “big chance — there was a lot of money on the line”. But he added: “It paid...

Last week I wrote of pinot noir and how August 18 is set aside each year to celebrate the wines made from this historic, cool-climate-loving grape. We ended with Drouhin Cuvée Laurène Pinot Noir from Oregon’s Willamette Valley and I mentioned that t...

Drier than normal conditions have severely impacted Bermuda’s summer crop harvest, a leading farmer said yesterday. Carlos Amaral, president of the Bermuda Farmers’ Association, said that his operation’s sweetcorn harvest has been affected, while oth...

The term holy grail is, at times, used to refer to an elusive object or goal. I use it in the way that many winemakers do as they strive to make a fine wine from a most difficult grape to work with. August 18 is designated as the day where we cele...

For this very warm summer weekend I was trying to decide whether to write about light, fruity, refreshing reds that can be served a little chilled, or big, rich reds to marry with grilled steaks, ribs and so on. Then the light came on — I have time ...

A farmer and his friends will enjoy plenty of cassava pie after he dug up a massive tuber that weighed in at 24lbs. Raphael Barnett said it took him over an hour to excavate around the veins of the vegetable so that he would not split it. The 64-year...

When I think of Portugal my mind goes straight to port, but in this summer weather some of their table wines are very pleasant, inexpensive and easy to enjoy. For instance Casal de Ventozela is a family business created in 1983 and dedicated to prod...

Middle school pupils will grow and sell vegetables as part of a new indoor farming project. Sandys Secondary Middle School has introduced an aquaponics programme — a combination of fish and plant production using aquaculture and hydroponics — to its ...

The Catena family of Argentina pioneered high-altitude vineyards that are known for their bright and direct sunlight day after day as well as their very cool nights. This wide diurnal temperature variation is so important for developing complex grape...