Sweet rosé has a bad reputation for cheap-and-cheerful. But there are also plenty of options at the really high end.
Feb 2022Should wine maps be simplified and 'dumbed down'? Which simplifications are acceptable - and where do we draw the line on a map?
Feb 2022Champagne is a classic for New Year's Eve, so let's look further afield with this selection of sparkling pinks, with everything from natural wine to vintage Champagne.
Dec 2021Riesling makes up over half of the production of the Finger Lakes AVA, a cool-climate and continental wine region moderated by... lakes.
Dec 2021Rosé conjures up images of beaches, but what about the wines that are produced in close proximity to the sea - on islands?
Nov 2021Why does your rosé wine smell of grapefruit?
Sep 2021A 23-wine blind tasting to identify regional styles of Chardonnay in Limoux, Languedoc, Burgundy and Chablis
Jul 2021An exploration of different price points, different styles, different ageing potential
Jun 2021The story of Grenache around the Tyrrhenian Sea is as much a historic romance as it is about wine.
Feb 2021An incredibly versatile grape that forms the backbone of the Western Med's reds - and more!
Nov 2020Recovering ancient Phoenician vines and vineyards by the coast of Alicante by a salt lagoon
Oct 2020A look at some premium high-altitude Lebanese reds and whites
Aug 2020High altitude, high quality rosés from the Golan and Judean Hills
Aug 2020A fast growing category of good and improving quality
Mar 2020There's more to this forgotten wine region that off-dry bulk wine
Mar 2020A really exciting rosé from Puglia
Jan 2020Always a family favourite, sweet wines are too often neglected despite being loved by consumers and trade alike
Dec 2019Yet another small Atlantic island off the African coast that makes shockingly good wine
Aug 2019A look at one of the most important (and expensive!) components in the winemaking process
Aug 2019Yet another example of high-altitude wines, and fresh rosés from a traditional red region
Jul 2019France's largest rosé-producing region... makes a lot of rosé.
May 2019Bordeaux's rosés are moving from the traditional almost-red 'clairet' to more fashionable paler, lighter styles - but the potential for quality wines is still there
May 2018There's so much more to Gamay than Beaujolais Nouveau, it also makes some fantastis rosés across France, from simple and fresh to complex and intense.
Apr 2018Provence's unique, traditional rosé grape variety
Mar 2016Cserszegi füszeres is labelled in the UK market as "The Unpronounceable Grape" - are other Hungarian grapes handicapped by their spelling?
Apr 2015probably merge me with previous post
Apr 2015Carignan is famous in the Languedoc and Roussillon, but is shaking off its cheap, bulk reputation in Israel, where it is experiencing quite the revival
Jan 2015please merge me with the previous blog post
Jan 2015Hosted by ASNCAP at Chateau de Crémat, showcased the patchwork of burgeoning wine culture in the Alpes Maritimes.
May 2014please move me elsewhere or delete me
Dec 2012please delete me
Dec 2012Wine archaeology - recreating a famous medieval wine, just down the road from me
Nov 2012The Rasse brothers of the Vignoble des Hautes Collines de la Cote d’Azur make small quantities of extraordinary wine just below the Baou of Saint Jeannet
Nov 2012please delete me
Nov 2012Life and wine in Liguria in the Alpes Maritimes from Medieval times to the present day
May 2011My visit to a vineyard that makes wine the Roman way
Apr 2011