The Masters of Wine celebrated their 60 th anniversary this week, for the Institute was created in 1953 and the first MWs passed the exam in...
Wine LR
Wine LR describes itself as the first iPad application dedicated to the wines and wine growers of the Languedoc. Each month they produce a...
Introducing the Languedoc
Friends from Alsace came to stay. They worked in wine, first in Burgundy and then in Alsace, and are now happily retired in Colmar. This w...
Claret & Cabs; The Story of Cabernet Sauvignon by Benjamin Lewin M.W.
A large tome thudded through my letterbox the other day, a new book on Cabernet Sauvignon. My fellow MW Benjamin Lewin had picked my brains...
Château Haut Lignières
I’ve tasted Jérôme Rateau’s wines at the Faugères fête a couple of times and promised myself a visit. Haut Lignières was initially created...
Domaine Senti Kreyden
A chance encounter over dinner led to new discovery just down the road in the next village. Erna Senti Kreyden has a tiny cellar in the bac...
Domaine de la Rencontre
Domaine de la Rencontre is a new estate in the appellation of Muscat de Mireval. Enthusiasm is infectious. If I were starting a new ven...