Category: Wine Blog
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A walk in the Seyssel vineyards
This weekend the seventh Balade Gourmande dans les Vignes de Savoie, a walk in the Seyssel vineyards. Seyssel is Savoie’s only single-village appellation, located on that mighty wine river, the Rhône, 32km south of Geneva on the western edges of the French Alps. A walk amongst the vines is always a treat, especially in the summer when the…
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School Lunch in Auckland
Last week I was invited to a school lunch in Auckland, a school lunch with difference. The New Zealand Food and Wine School, run by the mercurial Celia Hay, offers a variety of courses such as Restaurant & Cafe Management, Cookery, Sommelier, WSET Wine, Stewardess Super Yacht Training and a Foundation Programme in Cookery & Hospitality. It…
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Hot Red Hawkes Bay Wines
The Hot Red Hawkes Bay Wine Show is an annual event held in Wellington and in Auckland, where I caught up with a few producers, particularly those whom I’ve not seen in the UK – yet. Hawke’s Bay is the oldest wine region in New Zealand, the second largest and the leading producer of red wines. Located at 39.4°S. in the…
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New Zealand Boutique Wine Festival
On Sunday we attended our first NZ wine event – the New Zealand Boutique Wine Festival. The venue was The Imperial, a dramatically refurbished collection of turn of the 19th Century buildings right in the heart of the CBD (Central Business District) of Auckland and just a seagull squawk from the harbour.
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Jura wine tasting returns to London
On a Wednesday in May the Jura Wine Tasting returned to London for the second year following their successful first London tasting in 2013. Here is my photo and audio record of the event.
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Jura Wine Book and Tasting in Geneva
A few photos from a successful evening at the Jura Wine Book and Tasting in Geneva on Thursday.
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A Little more Jura wine in London
A few weeks ago I caught up with Jean-Michel Petit, a biodynamic producer in Pupillin, Jura who was showing his Domaine de la Renardière wines at the Enotria Tasting in the Saatchi Gallery, London. Last year Jean-Michel was in London at the first Jura Wine Tasting and was one of several producers whose wines were so enjoyed by importers…
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An evening at Ayse in Savoie
We’d flown into Geneva from London and driven straight to one of the special regions of Savoie – Ayse – to meet up with Sophie Barrett of Chambers Street Wines, New York. Sophie was completing a hectic week visiting Champagne and the Jura before ending in Savoie, The first visit was at Domaine Belluard, whose 10 hectares of vines nestle on steep…
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Real Wine Fair day one
On a beautiful sunny day – the day of the London Marathon – The Real Wine Fair opened its doors at Tobacco Dock, Wapping yesterday, offering a panoply of winey delights that intrigued and excited the many visitors. Here are a few photos of Sunday’s tasters and winemakers.