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With wines that have all arrived here quite recently, I would like to take you for a trip around the world of wine. We will lead of with the rare blaufrankisch grape cultivated by the Jermann family in Italy for over 200 years. We have their 2016 Bla...

As today’s wines all rate over 90 points they would all win gold medals in a wine competition. Robert Parker introduced the 100-point system in his Wine Advocate that he launched in 1978; points are given for colour and looks, aroma and bouquet, fla...

Four more days til the festive tunes can be played and I have never counted down so hard to Christmas in all my life! I am so ready for the lights and the fun and the hope and the joy that comes with this season. I have been firmly told by the kids ...

A vertical tasting is where you compare the same wine, but from different years. A horizontal tasting consists of wines from the same year, the same area, grape variety and price range. Please do not confuse with the position of the taster. It is no...

In our home we always make sure that we serve wines from North America on Thanksgiving Day. While quite a few new wines have arrived from around the world over the past year, here are a few from the USA. Chehalem that translates from the language of ...

The Tasting Room is a new experience for Bermuda. Enter, purchase a card and choose from a selection of 40 wines in two self-dispensing machines at 8A South Road, Smith's. For people who don’t have the time to sit – or prefer a wider choice – the att...

“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...