Although Vranec is not widely known internationally, small elements of the wine press have been talking about the grape for a few years now. It is a variety I personally have written about in great detail, both in my various wine columns and as part of the Macedonian Wine Guide »
Tell us about 2016 in Gavi DOCG. Has it been a challenging year and how does it compare with others? 2016 has been a challenging year, but it turned out to be an amazing and ultimately very rewarding harvest. It is very difficult to compare one year to another, after »
La Scolca is widely known and considered as one of the best Gavi. What can followers of this wine expect from the 2016 vintage? Our 98th harvest started earlier than traditional harvests in the Gavi DOCG area, thanks mainly to our studied and advanced viticultural techniques. Early impressions are that »
In the village of Ginestra Maddalena Laluce is starting to take the reigns at her family winery. How has the 2016 vintage been for Vini Laluce? This year Vini Laluce experienced a lot of hail in the weeks before the harvest. Nature reduced our crop but from what was left »
As growers continue to take stock of the 2016 vintage in Basilicata, I asked Emanuela Mastrodomenico of Vigne Mastrodomenico how rains just before picking have impacted on their harvest. 2016 has been a tricky year for some producers in the Vulture. The rains have divided the region into those who »
I've been following the vintage in Basilicata for ten years now, studying each village carefully to try and extract some sort of village pattern. The abundance of hot warm, full bodied red wines from the south of Italy can often suggest that each vintage is very similar to the last »
In 2006, Tony and Youmna Asseily became accidental winemakers in their favourite holiday destination, moving their family from Lebanon to Bordeaux. 10 years on they are still proudly living the dream at Chateau Biac. Chateau Biac has an incredibly rich history, including an extensive winemaking heritage; how does it feel »
The Romanian wine scene is in a perpetual state of change. Big producers have always dominated things, particularly on the export markets, but now a second wave of winery startups are starting to get attention for their focus on terroir and personality rather than volume. I spoke to Miron Radić »
Following a string of awards for English wines at the annual trade and press event, and with English wine week on the horizon, I spoke with Sam Lindo, head winemaker at Camel Valley wines. Sam has taken over the reigns from his father Bob and is now in charge of »
Azienda Querciabella is one of the leading Chianti Classico estates, their commitment to first organic viticulture and then biodynamic farming establishes them firmly at the source of what is now a very popular and worthy wine making movement. What stands out more than the simplistic tag of early adopters, is »
With the 2015 en primeur campaign underway in Bordeaux there is a great deal of excitement, anticipation and concentration on the red wines of the left and right bank. The naturally sweet wines of Barsac and Sauternes are often overlooked during the frenzy of activity around Bordeaux. Paul Caputo spoke »
