Shifting Perspectives: Is Ageing Wine a Thing of the Past?

Shifting Perspectives: Is Ageing Wine a Thing of the Past?

Wine has long suffered from an image problem. Ask a casual imbiber what wine evokes for them and you may see a bead of sweat trickle down their brow. The...
RETHINKING JEREZ - EQUIPO NAVAZOS: This is not your parents' Sherry

RETHINKING JEREZ - EQUIPO NAVAZOS: This is not your parents' Sherry

SHERRY IS GEEKED UP Sherry, the really great mind blowing kind, is one of the more complex alcoholic beverages to understand. Developed over centuries the universe of Sherry is enveloped in a labyrinth...
THE BARON OF ALLOCATED SYRAH: Cayuse & Horsepower

THE BARON OF ALLOCATED SYRAH: Cayuse & Horsepower

Among the most compelling examples of Syrah outside France are made in the most unlikely of places—on the Oregon side of the Walla Walla Valley—and by a Frenchman, born not...
Linden’s Report on Three Maison Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage ‘La Chapelle’ Vertical Dinners, 1966-2016

Linden’s Report on Three Maison Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage ‘La Chapelle’ Vertical Dinners, 1966-2016

The following is one of the more comprehensive expositions of the grand Northern Rhône legend: Maison Paul Jaboulet Aîné you are likely to ever read from the legendary taster, Linden Wilkie. 
DISPATCH FROM NORMANDY: Shhh...secret in the Michelin Starred Kitchen

DISPATCH FROM NORMANDY: Shhh...secret in the Michelin Starred Kitchen

This is quite possibly the finest, under the radar, beverage we have ever offered. 

During the 1980s, Eric Bordelet was one of the most influential figures in the Parisian wine scene, as he spent several years at the helm of the wine program at the illustrious Michelin Three Star restaurant l’Arpège.