The term holy grail is, at times, used to refer to an elusive object or goal.
I use it in the way that many winemakers do as they strive to make a fine wine from a most difficult grape to work with. ...
For this very warm summer weekend I was trying to decide whether to write about light, fruity, refreshing reds that can be served a little chilled, or big, rich reds to marry with grilled steaks, ribs...
When I think of Portugal my mind goes straight to port, but in this summer weather some of their table wines are very pleasant, inexpensive and easy to enjoy.
For instance Casal de Ventozela is a fam...
The Catena family of Argentina pioneered high-altitude vineyards that are known for their bright and direct sunlight day after day as well as their very cool nights. This wide diurnal temperature vari...
This week, I had a chat with two of the staff at our store on Harbour Road in Paget because I wanted to get a feel for any changes in wine-buying patterns.
One of them told me that chardonnay has bee...
I wrote last week about wineonline.bm being back up and running and shared some of the wines in its “monthly specials” section.
There are more, including ones that offer the opportunity of experiencin...
Last year Burrows Lightbourn Ltd introduced a new data-processing system and decided to re-plan its online store, wineonline.bm.
The site is now up and running and one of the features that you can cl...
In 2014, National Rosé Day was established to celebrate what is probably our world’s oldest known type of wine.
It’s now done every year on the second Saturday in June, which just happens to be tomorr...
If I were to say grass, gooseberry, lemon peel, asparagus, acacia, geranium, chamomile, grapefruit, lime and even smoke (hence fumé blanc in California and pouilly fumé in France) you might develop a ...
Today we will take a trip to the Loire Valley.
Once inhabited by Neanderthals it is now known as “the Cradle of the French” and “the Garden of France”, the latter because of its vineyards, fruit orcha...
