GRAPE VARIETIES – Cabernet Franc
Love it or hate it... it will never leave you indifferent!!! As a vine and a wine, Cabernet Franc likes really warm and [...]
IT’S GRAPE HARVESTING TIME (les Vendanges)
It’s September! and it’s just days to go to the grape Harvesting. Time is coming so close… we are all running around [...]
VINTAGES and the Year of the Harvest
A lot is said in the press about the vintage of wines. Do they matter? Well… actually, yes! The vintage is the year [...]
Supermarkets do CHEAP very well
The title says it all! Supermarkets do cheap extremely well. To such a degree that no one, and I mean no one, can [...]
HOW TO PRESERVE WINE to the very last drop!
We all know what it is like to open a really nice bottle of wine for dinner and suddenly - at the end of [...]
CORKS, Synthetic corks and Screwcaps
Have you ever wondered about corks, synthetic corks, screwcaps and which is the best to buy? If so, read on! It is not [...]
WINE AND YOUR HEALTH
My grandmother always used to say: « A little bit of what you fancy always does you good! » Well, isn’t it nice to know [...]
Organic Wines, Natural wines and others…
Much is being said in recent times about the pros and cons; the taste, flavour and the wheres or whyfores of “sustainable farming”, [...]
ROSÉ WINES – How they are made?
Before we even start to explain how rosé wines are made, we need to dispel a myth: ROSÉ WINES ARE NOT MADE BY [...]
LEARN HOW TO TASTE WINE
Lots of people are on holidays in the Loire Valley and I would like a penny for every wine tasting and explanation as [...]