Originally posted on Vinthropology:
It is a very special feeling to be mesmerised and enchanted by the small things in life- something we experience as children and regretfully seem to forget as we grow older. Le Vigne di Raito is…
Wine
Wines 101 #1 Is this the best Chablis in the world?
Wines 101 is the title of my bucket list of wines to taste inspired by the book of the same name by Margaret Rand. Margaret has selected 101 wines from around the world that she believes demonstrate certain qualities making… Read More ›
Is English Wine “sparkling” enough?
English sparkling wine …… a bit of a mouthful to ask for in your local supermarket when if you want something French, Italian or Spanish all you have to ask for is Champagne, Prosecco or Cava! Time for some serious… Read More ›
English Wine: Red Kites and Roman Forts
During the current Covid pandemic most of us have been buying so many things online that couriers like DPD are up and down our small street every day. Then a week ago a large box arrived on our doorstep recently… Read More ›
Where is your favourite place to drink wine?
Having just spent a few months writing my new book “It’s Not About The Wine” on reflection I was never short of material in writing this 50 year memoir of being a wino! In fact it got harder and harder… Read More ›
English Wine: “Think local, drink local”
A couple of years back we discovered that we had a vineyard only 7 miles away from our home. It was a revelation, we had no idea. We visited and had a tasting session of what have since become some… Read More ›
Wine with Philosophy: An existential tasting?
If Jean Paul Sartre can create a philosophy from drinking and observing an apricot cocktail in. Parisien bar then surely I can apply it to a glass of cold Malaga wine sitting in the Spanish sunshine!
