Last week in Tokyo I was privy to one of the finest tastings I have yet to be a part of, an extensive Madeira tasting, care of Kinoshita International, the...
Leaving Bordeaux and Vinexpo for Paris last week brought a rush of elation. Soon I would be eating good food and slamming crunchy Loire wines; meandering amidst the memories of...
Tasting a number of cool-climate Australian Chardonnays for a panel tasting allowed for reflection on the style of what is arguably the country’s most famous Chardonnay, Giaconda, celebrated soon after...
I drank a sumptuous bottle of Ghislaine Barthod 1er Cru ‘les Cras’ 1990 last night at a Tokyo wine bar; tense, resonant and beautifully scented. Despite the considerable dent in...
Drinkability can be a rather nebulous term, but for me, drinkabilty refers to the ease which one can drink a glass of wine or, for that matter, three glasses. In...
