How often do you eat blue cheese? Does the thought of having a wedge in front of you make you want to plug your nose? Or do you love a good, stinky, blue cheese? Either way, join us as we explore a variety of blue cheese and wine pairings. Do...
Number 16 is just a house. It sits at the end of a paved street, just across from a patch of gnarled vines, the only hint that I’ve arrived at a vineyard. In fact, I’ve toured the two-street town twice already searching for it. I’m...
From the top of the hill, you can see the Mediterranean sparkling on the horizon. Clusters of fat bees are bobbing and weaving, drunk on the nectar of the yellow wildflowers they’re inspecting. An incessant warble of bird call trills overhead carried by the constant...
Do you like Brie cheese? It’s soft, smooth and a little funky. Join us as we share all kinds of soft, funky and usually round cheeses. How many soft cheeses have you tried? Did you know that soft-ripened cheeses can be broken down between bloomy rind and...
I have just returned from a rather special trip to Burgundy. Our purpose wasn’t just to taste some great wines and eat wonderful food (although there was plenty of that too) but to collect a barrel of wine. Unfortunately I can’t claim possession of this...
As a determined band of Spain’s top terroir-focused winemakers continues to win support for its cause, the country’s consejos face a choice: do they resist, or do they adapt? All fine wine makers will tell you that great wines are made in the vineyard. Rather than put...
With his final epistle, Jonathan White emphasises the merchant’s role in assessing and advising on Bordeaux 2015, a vintage about which the team is undoubtedly excited. On Wednesday morning Christian Seely of Ch. Pichon Baron discussed with us the challenges of taking part in blind tastings...
Karen MacNeil, author of the best-selling book The Wine Bible, picks 10 wines that embody just why California today is so fascinating. Twenty years ago, I moved from New York City to the Napa Valley, in the sheer belief that living near vines would make me...
In 2001, Aubrey McClendon walked into an Oklahoma City wine shop seeking an education. His growing prominence as chief executive of Chesapeake Energy Corp. increasingly placed him at formal dinners where he was handed a wine list and invited to make a selection. “He didn’t know...
Everyone is talking about the amazing wine values you can find from Portugal. Well, what are they...