Vinosity
Somms on California: Winning over the Sceptics
Forty-five years after that legendary ‘Judgement of Paris’, Californian wine is firmly established amongst the globe’s greatest, yet scepticism is by no means uncommon among wine enthusiasts. Committed to championing...
Somms on California: Winning over the Sceptics
Forty-five years after that legendary ‘Judgement of Paris’, Californian wine is firmly established amongst the globe’s greatest, yet scepticism is by no means uncommon among wine enthusiasts. Committed to championing...
How the California Wine Industry is Proactively Responding to Climate Change
‘For anyone who is doubtful about climate change, just spend some time in a wine grape vineyard,’ states a winemaker in Mendocino County, California. ‘Because of the increasing temperatures, the...
How the California Wine Industry is Proactively Responding to Climate Change
‘For anyone who is doubtful about climate change, just spend some time in a wine grape vineyard,’ states a winemaker in Mendocino County, California. ‘Because of the increasing temperatures, the...
The Winners of the Golden Vines Awards
I attended the press event for the Golden Vines Awards on 7th October 2021, which included the inaugural Diversity Scholarships, supported by the Gerard Basset Foundation. These are awards of...
The Winners of the Golden Vines Awards
I attended the press event for the Golden Vines Awards on 7th October 2021, which included the inaugural Diversity Scholarships, supported by the Gerard Basset Foundation. These are awards of...
Wine Webinar Series: Road Trip - On the California Wine Road with Clare Tooley
Join us for the first in a series of wine lectures. California is one of the world's most interesting and prestigious wine regions. Clare Tooley MW will guide you around...
Wine Webinar Series: Road Trip - On the California Wine Road with Clare Tooley
Join us for the first in a series of wine lectures. California is one of the world's most interesting and prestigious wine regions. Clare Tooley MW will guide you around...
Urban Wineries
Urban wineries are a growing trend. The earliest were started up in the United States, particularly in California, about 20 years ago, but are now to be found all over...
Urban Wineries
Urban wineries are a growing trend. The earliest were started up in the United States, particularly in California, about 20 years ago, but are now to be found all over...
Emulating Greatness
History repeats itself, we are told. If this were true for wine, however, we would immediately lose the magic that captures our imagination and keeps us coming back year after...
Emulating Greatness
History repeats itself, we are told. If this were true for wine, however, we would immediately lose the magic that captures our imagination and keeps us coming back year after...
Reaching the Eternal – an interview with Aubert de Villaine
What three words would you choose to describe the wine of Romanée-Conti? If you’ve never had the opportunity to taste this iconic wine, expressions of chagrin such as ‘far too...
Reaching the Eternal – an interview with Aubert de Villaine
What three words would you choose to describe the wine of Romanée-Conti? If you’ve never had the opportunity to taste this iconic wine, expressions of chagrin such as ‘far too...
Let us be Franc
Global plantings of Cabernet Franc cover around 60,000 hectares, with just over half of these total vineyard holdings seen in France. Although the grape variety’s origins purport to Basque heritage,...
Let us be Franc
Global plantings of Cabernet Franc cover around 60,000 hectares, with just over half of these total vineyard holdings seen in France. Although the grape variety’s origins purport to Basque heritage,...
California Wine: It's All a Dream
A 50th Anniversary is a big deal not only for couples and businesses but also for California wineries. Throughout 2022, neither fires nor earthquakes will prevent two dozen wineries from...
California Wine: It's All a Dream
A 50th Anniversary is a big deal not only for couples and businesses but also for California wineries. Throughout 2022, neither fires nor earthquakes will prevent two dozen wineries from...
Napa Valley’s Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars: 50 years of Iron and Velvet
There’s an old black-and-white photograph of Warren Winiarski planting Stag’s Leap Vineyard (forever known as SLV) exactly half a century ago. He’s on a tractor, a big Ford 4000, but...
Napa Valley’s Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars: 50 years of Iron and Velvet
There’s an old black-and-white photograph of Warren Winiarski planting Stag’s Leap Vineyard (forever known as SLV) exactly half a century ago. He’s on a tractor, a big Ford 4000, but...
Canadian Wines – It’s Their Time to Shine!
Without a vested interest in Canada, one may not realize the extent to which the wine industry has exploded in the last 40 years. A common yet antiquated belief that...
Canadian Wines – It’s Their Time to Shine!
Without a vested interest in Canada, one may not realize the extent to which the wine industry has exploded in the last 40 years. A common yet antiquated belief that...
A Toast to the Happy Couple
There are thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of couples whose weddings have been disrupted by the pandemic, and now restrictions are lifted they are all scrambling to book their venue,...
A Toast to the Happy Couple
There are thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of couples whose weddings have been disrupted by the pandemic, and now restrictions are lifted they are all scrambling to book their venue,...
