Simon has written before of his interest in the grape variety Nerello Mascalese, a grape principally found on the slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily. His interest led us to the wines of Benanti, an estate founded in the late 1980s by Giuseppe Benanti, and now run by his two sons, Antonio and Salvino. Last year, we tasted and subsequently offered the...
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I am pleased to offer the new release of Taittinger Comtes de Champagne, a wine that is widely considered a benchmark Blanc de Blancs in the region. Taittinger’s Comtes de Champagne is made from fruit sourced from old vines in Grand Cru villages including Avize, Chouilly, Cramant, Mesnil-sur-Oger and Oger. A...
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Galatrona from Petrolo is a great wine, of that I have no doubt. I have tasted numerous vintages and am always amazed that this Tuscan Merlot doesn’t receive as much attention as it deserves. It is impeccably made and offers great potential for longevity.
Last Thursday, I met up with a gro...
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I have been fortunate enough to access a very small number of cases of 2018 Voyager Estate ‘MJW’ Chardonnay. The allocation is small as the volume produced is tiny – in fact in 2017 they made about 80 cases!
This estate has been on my radar for a while as I recall their wines showing well several years back. ...
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We first met Richard Kershaw, a winemaker and Master of Wine, in 2014 – Richard, originally from the UK, had been making wines in South Africa for many years, but had recently started making his own wines under his own name in Elgin, situated to the west of the Cape. We were suitably impressed, in fact I commented that I hadn’t taste...
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Having received some great feedback from clients just recently, I thought it was worth revisiting our offer for the 2016 Château Gazin-Rocquencourt Blanc – a remarkably fine white Bordeaux that punches well above its weight. White Bordeaux is a tricky category to navigate as, while there are some great examples, they come in at a sig...
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