The Morning Claret

Simon J Woolf & Friends on Wild and Wonderful Wines

Month: November 2012

Brigitte Chevalier at the Outsiders tasting, London Nov 2012
3 minute read

Feminine Faugères

I’m a big fan of Faugères – and if asked to describe the character of the wines from this small but over-achieving Languedoc appelation, I’d probably use words like “muscular”, “spicy” and “intense” – but also “elegant” and “structured”. However, Read more

lift-at-Brancatelli-Monte-Ilice
2 minute read

Eulogising about Etna

Following a hugely inspiring trip to Sicily’s Mount Etna region back in September, here are links to a couple of articles that I wrote on the subject: Exploding onto the Scene: Realising the potential of Etna wines When Ciro Biondi announced that Read more