Littorai: expressing Sonoma through biodynamic viticulture
Driving to the Littorai winery feels like you trespassed into someone’s apple orchard, while getting lost on the dirt roads winding up the endless hill from Sebastopol. There are not […]
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Cheval Blanc 2009 vintage
On my recent visit to Bordeaux I visited the famous Chateau Cheval Blanc in Saint Emilion and tasted the miraculous 2009 vintage just before it will be bottled in two […]
Giacomo Conterno: delayed gratification in purely traditional Barolo
Giacomo Conterno was at his time ahead of the other producers of Barolo. Inspired by his father Giovanni, who was one of the first Barolo producers to bottle his wine […]
Ornellaia: liquid modern Italian icon immortalised through art
Tenuta dell’Ornellaia makes one of the iconic Super Tuscan wines made from the French – typically Bordeaux grape varietals – in the Italian region of Maremma. This corner of Tuscany […]
Château Margilliere: slow wine in Provence honouring the world's oldest highway
Château Margilliere is a 17th century stone farm in the green countryside of Provence. The ancient times recalling stones rest stubornly all over the property as a distinctive feature of […]
Alto de la Ballena: a big wine whale in Uruguay
Alto de la Ballena winery nests at a premium location in Uruguay. Not just for being in the vicinity of the popular holiday town of Punta del Este, but the […]
Château La Nerthe: one of the oldest wineries in Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Château La Nerthe is one of the oldest wineries in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The estate was allegedly established already in the 12th century, in the period when the popes were residing in Avignon […]
Waiheke Island: the bohemian spirit of New Zealand
Blissful Mediterranean lifestyle in the South Pacific Ocean? New Zealand is more known for its sheep, dramatic verdant landscapes, and rugby, rather than olive groves, umbrella shadow casting pines, and la […]
Osteria di Fonterutoli: Tuscan wining and dining in a village with 24 generations of family winemaking
Thomas Jefferson was inspired and enticed by his friend Philip Mazzei to incorporate equality into the American Declaration of Independence, but he also planted the seed for winemaking in Virginia, the first founding state to make wine in the United States.
Wine Spectator Wine Seminars at Miami Food & Wine Festival
Wine Spectator is the foremost specialised wine publication in the United States and together with a small bunch of survivors on the peak of the magazine pyramid in the world. […]