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Why Pinot Meunier is weird (but wonderful)

September 29, 2020 jamiegoode 849 Views

Pinot Meunier is an unusual grape variety. Technically, of course, it is not a variety at all. It is a

The long-awaited 2008 version of Taittinger’s prestige cuvée, Comtes de Champagne, has been released. I drank a bottle of it

Penfolds is Australia’s most famous winery. Their flagship wine, Grange, has achieved legendary status. And this was a brand that

Central Otago isn’t just a single region. It’s composed of some quite distinct subregions. There’s cool-climate marginal Gibbston, which for

This is a distinctive and beautiful Californian Grenache, made pretty naturally. Whole bunches are lightly trodden by foot, and then

This is a high-end Gewurztraminer from Hugel. Along with Trimbach, Hugel were never really into the Alsace Grand Cru classification.

Back in the 1980s South African winery Klein Constantia revived a piece of vinous history. In the 18th and 19th

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 jamiegoode 1432 Views

Jean-Pierre Guyon isn’t as well known as he should be. I first came across him with Dirk Niepoort, who has

July 18, 2020July 19, 2020 jamiegoode 1109 Views

Miquel Torres led this tasting of the top wines of Torres from the family museum, with a backdrop of some

Craig and Carla Hawkins were the first of the Swartland Revolution crew to start their own vineyard project, back in