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Not knowing what in the world to expect I have just stocked up on groceries and included a ham that we will certainly have over the Easter weekend. I confess to not having made a double-headstick “roundy”, as I did for much of my life, but I have s...

Spring has sprung, the days are longer and wine requirements are changing. It is time for the latest vintage of a classic favourite and we have 2019 Chateau D’Esclans Whispering Angel Rosé. Created by Sacha Lichine following his acquisition of Châte...

At the end of last summer Forbes magazine ran an article on popular pandemic wines based on statistics from a home delivery service called Minibar Delivery. In the top ten, over half were wines that we import: Oyster Bay sauvignon blanc, Whispering...

Before I tell you about some our most popular wines that are thankfully now back in stock, I had better take care of International Riesling Day, as it is celebrated tomorrow. 2018 Dr Loosen Dr L Riesling is a textbook introduction to the deliciou...

Last week I featured Italian wines for the supporters of Luna Rossa as it challenges New Zealand for the world’s oldest sports trophy, the 1851 America’s Cup. Even though New Zealand has done a remarkable job of controlling Covid-19 it has now shut...

Computerised machines flying at speeds exceeding 50 miles per hour – certainly nothing I envisioned during my 40 years of racing sailing vessels. Starting on March 6, for only the third time since 1851, we will watch a boat from Europe as it challen...

On January 29 I wrote of the vintage chart for Bordeaux, an area where the Romans found vines growing when they arrived some 2,000 years ago. I then said how between 1959 and 2016 there were only two years that rated 99/100: 2000 and 2016. “2005 and ...

Here is a question to ask your partner on this Valentine’s weekend: how would you like to try a glass of Picpoul de Pinet? You can tell them that it is a refreshing dry, white wine that originates in a vineyard that borders the Mediterranean Sea in ...

As I write this and think about Super Bowl weekend, I need wines to cheer me up, warm me up and all go well with a very small party – and football food. Quite a challenge. I console myself with the fact that “our” team – formed by staff at the Ind...

In the New World the year is usually nowhere as pivotal for quality as it is in ancient areas like Tuscany, Burgundy or Bordeaux, although all are changing gradually due to the greenhouse gasses that we are pumping into the atmosphere. I have looked ...

We have three new arrivals from Dry Creek Vineyards, a winery that is close to my heart as I met David Stare in 1980, eight years after he founded the first winery in this area of Sonoma since prohibition. David was educated at MIT but in the late 1...

Although it took place over ten years ago, I remember well the afternoon that Huw Morris came to the hotel that my wife and I were staying at in Paso Robles to let us taste a sample of cabernet sauvignon. He was apologetic as he felt that it was sti...