Does the price of wine indicate its quality? A small wine experiment
From time to time you may find yourself standing in front of an enormous wine shelf filled with attractively labelled wines accompanied by even more appealing prices – in the […]
From time to time you may find yourself standing in front of an enormous wine shelf filled with attractively labelled wines accompanied by even more appealing prices – in the […]
I finally visited the oldest wine shop in London – the charming centuries old Berry Bros & Rudd on St. James Street. If you haven’t been there yet, then go […]
The annual ‘Grande’ Italian wine tasting at the Landmark hotel in London organised by the prominent wine magazine Decanter today didn’t stay in a shade of its sister event held […]
What distinguishes The Sampler from the majority of sellers is that you can taste the wine before you actually buy it!
That Italians erupt with passion, mastered style and are proud of their traditional food is a well-worn truth, but that they infuse their wines with the enviable attitude of ‘la […]
As surprising as the immense acreage of vines in Turkey may sound, the history of this country and the region sheds a light to the origins of winemaking and its later decline in the former Ottoman Empire…
As the 2010 En Primeur frenzy escalates in Bordeaux one has to think what is all that craze all about? These are just some wine makers selling their wine before […]
Greek wine is popular, and the Greek winemakers now realise that the future is clearly in the locally indigenous grapes and plant Xinomavro, Assyrtiko and other native vitis vinifera varietals in […]
Retailers in most big cities all over the world remind us about Christmas already in October which some of us might find confusing and even stressful. Seeing the lights, trees and […]
Lenka Sedlackova MW, has been in the wine business for over a decade. Based in London, she works with one of the best UK importers Fields, Morris & Verdin. She is the […]