Vinosity

Vinosity is our free online magazine that brings you the ever-changing wine world, which never ceases to surprise or delight. These articles, with new ones published every month and written by a global network of writers, will be a valuable addition to your own personal journey through the wonderful world of wine.

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How cheese and wine are linked in tradition, heritage and artisan complexity

29 March, 2023

There is no more classic pairing than wine and cheese – but what makes these two quite different products such ageless companions? Is it their capacity to reflect their origins with each mouthful, or is it that their histories, both …

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Star-struck: Académie du Vin Library celebrates its 20th title, From Bordeaux to the Stars by Jean-Michel Cazes

24 March, 2023

I might just have the best job possible. I get to work with amazing colleagues and many of the most talented wine writers in the world. I go to very interesting wine tastings, where I get to meet fascinating people. …

Celebrating Lynch-Bages

15 March, 2023

The wine dinner, three months in the planning, was a resounding success. It was held in a private venue in Dublin, with a chef engaged specifically to compose a menu to match the wines. Book-ended by champagne and Sauternes, with …

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Women in Wine

6 March, 2023

The title is cringeworthy for most of us women who work in wine. After all, in 2023, why should this be a special subject? The very fact that women are still singled out as a topic for discussion shows that …

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Celebrating Women in the Wine World on International Women’s Day

6 March, 2023

In July 2020, I had the idea of every week featuring a woman who loved wine on my Instagram page. They would work in wine, study wine or simply enthuse about wine so much that we could talk together for …

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Mexico’s Guadalupe Valley: Behind the Headlines

3 February, 2023

Las Nubes winery in Guadalupe Valley. Photo credit: Las Nubes Bodegas ye Viñedos As wine tourism gradually resumed in 2022, an overlooked 600-year-old wine country somehow became newsworthy. Several travel articles independently announced the discovery of ‘the next Napa Valley’. They zoomed …

Georgia and Armenia: Their Future Lies in the Past…

2 February, 2023

An adventurous group of 18 friends, inspired by Louella Hanbury-Tenison, decided to explore Georgia and Armenia in October. Within the expedition were Louella’s husband, the veteran explorer, Robin Hanbury-Tenison, as well as a general and a brace of brigadiers. The …

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England’s Vineyards All a Sparkle

1 February, 2023

From the beautiful vineyards of Cornwall and Dorset to the rolling downlands of Hampshire and Sussex, Watercress, Willow and Wine by Cindy-Marie Harvey celebrates some of England’s finest wine producers and local produce.

A Thanksgiving for Steven

26 January, 2023

Thursday 19th January 2023. A crisp, cold day. Walking by the river to Vintry Ward, the City of London’s vinous heart, where wine once shared its dock with garlic. I think of Steven doing the same; he’d be riding his …

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Burgundy 2021 – The Terroir Will Out

24 January, 2023

For Burgundy, 2021 was a year in danger of being remembered for all the wrong reasons. Many wine lovers will have seen the newspaper photographs of pitch-black vineyards illuminated with fires designed to stave off the de­vastating April frosts, but …

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The Story of My Books: Jura Wine and Wines of the French Alps

23 January, 2023

Deciding to write a book was definitely not a marketing decision, and it was not a burning ambition either, quite the contrary. Strange to think about it now, my decision almost came about as a desperate act, following the unexpected …

A Christmas Cracker! White Châteauneuf-du-Pape is Full of Surprises…

15 December, 2022

Andrew James delves into the world of rare Châteauneuf-du-Pape white wines (new and old vintages) and gets some impressive surprises.