My latest article for Wine-Searcher is now live.
Can Science Solve Smoke Taint?
With wildfires an increasing problem worldwide, I've been investigating solutions to smoke taint in wines and grapes.
wine-searcher.com/m/2026/09/… – at Bad Radkersburg, Österreich
A café with wooden cakes... Sculptor Robert Jurak has created around 2,000 wooden cakes, which are displayed around the Flo Cukeraj café in Ljutomer, northeast Slovenia, Ideal if you want cake but are on a diet.
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What would a reboot of the 'broken' wine industry look like?
I found the answer in an unlikely place...
#welshwine #winebusiness #winelover #vineyard
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Chris Boiling retweeted
Wine writer @ChrisBoiling has made wine for 15 years as a personal project, but now he is launching his own commercial label Crazy Experimental Wines… which is as crazy as it sounds; 6 wines made in 4 countries in the same harvest using rare grapes! the-buyer.net/people/boiling…
Chris Boiling retweeted
Wine writer @ChrisBoiling has made wine for 15 years as a personal project, but now he is launching his own commercial label Crazy Experimental Wines… which is as crazy as it sounds; 6 wines made in 4 countries in the same harvest using rare grapes! the-buyer.net/people/boiling…
First review of the first 4 wines in my crazy collection. And it's positive!
Chris Boiling and the drive to make his Crazy Experimental Wines the-buyer.net//people/boilin…
My interview with Kaesler’s chief #winemaker Tim Dolan is now available on the International Wine Challenge website, in the Canopy section
We discuss the Barossa producer's flagship #wine, the outstanding Old Bastard Shiraz
#australianwine #shiraz #winelover #barossawine #oldvine
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In an important and brave move, UK supermarket Tesco releases a wine made from a disease-resistant grape variety called Floreal
wineanorak.com/2024/08/05/in… @Tesco #wine #winescience
A classy Chardonnay while watching the Olympics opening ceremony. This is the 2015 from my favourite Japanese producer, @chateaumercian
#chardonnay #japanesewine #chateaumercian #olympicopeningceremony
Tomorrow, I launch my Georgian #wine to the great British public - at a garden festival in Devon! I have a gut feeling elderly gardeners will love an #amberwine from Georgia. My business plan relies on a huge uptake of cases this weekend. #notworried
#georgianwine #qvevriwines
Young #wine is just alcohol! So says French #winemaker Jean Michel Morel, who discusses the latest release of his #amberwine Luisa - from the 2013 vintage - with me in the new edition of Canopy
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#orangewine #naturalwine #slovenianwine #winemaking
This explains why the red grape Teran is planted at the top of the hills in Istria, Croatia, and the white grape Malvazija, which is less sensitive to humidity, is planted lower down. Morning fog is an issue from September.
#croatianwine #istria #istrianwine #teran #malvazija
Good morning from my favourite part of Croatia - Istria. Land of Malvazija, Teran, beaches, mountain villages and truffles. Both the pasta and dessert dishes last night came with truffles.
#croatianwine#istrianwine#istria
Dessert at Vinogradarska kuća Braje in the heart of Plešivica, Croatia. Pear poached in Traminer paired with the winery's original #orangewine - a blend of equal parts Roter Veltliner, #Traminer and #PinotGrigio. Eight months on skins in #qvevri and one year in an old oak barrel.
What a privilege discussing topics like #sustainability and what makes a #finewine fine with 30 of the world's best sommeliers. It was part of the inaugural World's Best Sommeliers Selection - a #winelist for #sommeliers around the globe (with suggested #wineandfood pairings)
This is Korçë, a city in southeast Albania. It's where you'll find the Max Mavrud winery. It's where my #redwine is developing.
The strange thing about this image is that this city is only 35km from Greece!
#albanianwine #redblendwine #redblends #mavrudwine #mavrud #wineandtravel
My premium #redwine from Albania is coming along nicely. The cofermentation of Debine e Zezë, #Merlot, #PinotNoir, #Syrah is looking (and tasting) good. It will be blended with #Mavrud in a few months.
This project is a collaboration with Max Mavrud.
#redblends #albanianwine
Snow has fallen on the #MaxMavrud #vineyard in Leskovik, #Albania. It's hard to believe I was harvesting grapes from this vineyard a month ago!
The grapes - Debine e Zezë, Merlot, Pinot Noir and Syrah - will be blended with Mavrud to make a premium #redwine. Well, that's the plan
It's the first time I've seen this - a zipline across a #vineyard.
I spotted it on the outskirts of #Lendava, a small town in northeast #Slovenia, near the borders with Hungary and Croatia.
#vineyardlife #slovenianwine #iloveslovenia #ziplining #wineandtravel #winetourism
Is it possible to make a premium #redwine in #Albania?
That was my challenge this vintage, travelling to one of the most beautiful #vineyards in the world to see what I could do with grapes such as Debine e Zezë and #Mavrud
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#albanianwine #raregrapes