"Whosoever says truffle, utters a grand word, which awakens erotic and gastronomic ideas"
Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), preface to ‘The Physiology of Taste’ (1825)
Truffles, those incredible little culinary luxuries that almost defy description, one should never...
The Coonawarra wine region is centered around what is perhaps the most famous strip of soil in the entire country, a tiny rise on the once swamp land of South Eastern South Australia, just...
January 28th 2017 is New Year’s Eve of the Chinese lunar calendar, heralding in the year of the Rooster. The Rooster is well represented in the world of wine, from the romantic notion of...
Turn the Wheel
The Medoc Project
The Rioja region is bound by the history of the Marqués de Murrieta estate, (1852) and the Marques de Riscal winery, (1858). Marques de Riscal laid the foundations for modern...
Espana Verde
Spain’s best known wines are the powerful, robust red wines from regions like Ribera del Duero, Rioja, Valdepenas and Priorat along with the fortified Sherries of Jerez and the sparkling Cava from...
Effervescence or “bubbles” in wine has been around for a long time and recorded by the ancient Greeks and Romans. But the cause of the bubbles was unknown, attributed to phases of the moon...
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
― Pablo Picasso
Prologue:
Having eaten an incredible meal prepared for me by a friend, I was tasked...
The red wines of the Rioja region are perhaps the most famous Spanish wines throughout the world, medium to fuller bodied, fruit driven reds full of bucolic charm and bold expressions of flavour.
The harvesting...
