James Suckling Top 10 Chinese Wine 2020
Source: James Suckling Wine Ratings Last week, we published our 2020 Ningxia wine report rating 129 notes from this emerging wine region that has come a long way in just a few years. As Chinese wine takes big strides with quality while [...]
How to make millions of bottles of fine wine
source: international wines & spirits - article by Chris Bolling 2021 Large production of fine wines is the main goal at China’s Xige Estate, which now has more than 2,300ha of vines and is building up the potential to [...]
Michter’s Named World’s Most Admired Whiskey
Michter’s named World's Most Admired Whisky 2023 31 October, 2023 By Eleanor Yates Michter’s has been named The World’s Most Admired Whisky brand in the third edition of the annual top 50 list released by Drinks International. The Kentucky-based distillery [...]
It’s Time to Rethink South African Pinotage
Few grapes elicit as strong a love-it-or-hate-it response as Pinotage. With established advocates in each camp, from producers and retailers to wine writers, judges and consumers, it’s easy to overlook any middle ground and head toward an extreme to plant your [...]
Greg Sherwood MW tasting Meerlust with Hannes Myburgh
source: Greg Sherwood MW After the 2015 vintage, which Meerlust maintains was its fastest selling Rubicon release in the history of the brand, 2016 was always going to be up against it in outright quality terms. But this warm hot [...]
By the Glass interview: Emilien Boutillat of Piper-Heidsieck
Source: Natalie Wang, vino-joy.com 24 Jul 2019 A Champenoise by heart, Emilien Boutillat is the new Chef de Cave behind one of Champagne’s most renowned houses, Piper-Heidsieck. Grew up in a winemaking family in Champagne, making Champagne as he describes [...]
David & Nadia Wines Producing Grand Cru Quality Chenin Blancs in South Africa…
JUNE 13, 2019 ~ GREG SHERWOOD MW I’ve written a number of articles and been involved in numerous discussions about Chenin Blanc and whether or not it might just be the only grape out there that can truly rival the greatness, diversity [...]
Scapegrace – Best London Dry Gin in the World
Source: Toast Mag PUBLISHED ON WED 22 AUG 2018 Kiwi brand Scapegrace has been named the world’s best gin at the International Spirits Awards in London Gin is exploding in popularity across the globe at the moment, so to be [...]
South African Wine Legend – Jeff Grier of Villiera
Credit: Wines of South Africa Above the roof of Villiera’s tasting room is a cluster of demijohns filled with a liquid the colour of café au lait. The contents catch the light intermittently as the sun chases the clouds above, [...]
Kumeu River – Latest Review by Wine Advocate
The biggest news at this consistent producer, improbably located on the outskirts of Auckland, is that the new releases include fruit from a Hawke's Bay vineyard purchased by the Brajkovich family two years ago. Originally developed by a partnership between [...]