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Judgement of London: Wines, Judges and Scoring Criteria
Features01 Jul 2024

Judgement of London: Wines, Judges and Scoring Criteria

THE WINES The full list of wines, shown within the pairs and in the order each pairing was tasted, is as follows: WHITE Riesling Rest of World: Polish Hill Riesling, Grosset, Clare Valley, Australia 2012 …

Richbourg vineyards
Features23 Apr 2024

Richebourg – Sonorous Name, Sonorous Wine

Raymond Blake comments on the different style of wine descriptors with reference to Richebourg while describing the DRC wine he tasted I have been buying the annual Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine Book for about 35 …

India’s Top Mixologists Shake Up Tradition with Hapusa Gin
Features23 Apr 2024

India’s Top Mixologists Shake Up Tradition with Hapusa Gin

Hapusa, India’s breakthrough gin, organizes an exploration of the iconic cocktail, drawing in the country’s best mixologists. Gagan Sharma goes along for the adventure It’s the late 1880s to early 1920s. The world was partly …

Discover Piedmont: A Heaven for Nebbiolo Enthusiasts
Features23 Apr 2024

Discover Piedmont: A Heaven for Nebbiolo Enthusiasts

Piedmont is celebrated for its exceptional wines and the dominant Nebbiolo grape. Michèle Shah encourages wine travellers to visit the region If you are a connoisseur of red wine and a true food aficionado, you’re …

Campania’s Wine Legacy: A Deep Dive into Regional Varietals
Features02 Apr 2024

Campania’s Wine Legacy: A Deep Dive into Regional Varietals

Alessandra Piubello visits Campania, a region in southern Italy with a unique indigenous grapes and wines The famous film, “The Great Beauty” by Oscar-winning, Campania-born director Paolo Sorrentino, opens with a Louis-Ferdinand Céline quotation: “Travel …

Mountain wines of Andeluna, a Q&A with an Industry Insider
Features28 Mar 2024

Mountain wines of Andeluna, a Q&A with an Industry Insider

Andeluna is a family-owned winery located high in the Andes in the Uco Valley of Mendoza, one of the most prestigious wine regions in Argentina. Pictured above, Alicia Casale, area manager, Europe and Asia, says …

Avignon 2024: Shaping Sustainable Vineyards
Features02 Feb 2024

Avignon 2024: Shaping Sustainable Vineyards

Discussions around terroir and vineyards usually conjure up images of verdant rows of vines surrounded by olive groves, sleepy streams and a beautiful landscape dotted with trees and flowers. In practice, this is far from …

In Napa Valley Change is the Constant
Features15 Jan 2024

In Napa Valley Change is the Constant

In a world filled with ancient and historic wine regions, Napa Valley, the heartland of premium California winemaking, may be considered something of a Johnny-come-lately. The first mention of vines in Napa appeared only in …

So this is why Bhutan is the world’s happiest country!
Features18 Dec 2023

So this is why Bhutan is the world’s happiest country!

On a recent visit, Neeta Lal discovers Bhutan is a tippler’s paradise At the Simply Bhutan interactive museum in the capital city, Thimphu, the guide points to a fascinating array of handcrafted containers used to …

Porto Douro Heaven’s Gate
Features18 Dec 2023

Porto Douro Heaven’s Gate

Raymond Blake is in love with the Douro Valley for its vinous treasures and more There is no place like the Douro Valley, no place at all. I have written that sentence, in various versions, …

Winemaker of four French estates shares Wine Philosophy
Features18 Dec 2023

Winemaker of four French estates shares Wine Philosophy

Caroline Frey, winemaker of four estates in Bordeaux, the Rhône, Burgundy and Valais, speaks to Nimmi Malhotra about her wine philosophy Frey cares about birds. And bees, and bugs, and butterflies. For a winemaker, birds …