The Morning Claret

Simon J Woolf & Friends on Wild and Wonderful Wines

Month: May 2013

Dept stores have changing rooms, why shouldn't wine shops have tasting rooms?
5 minute read

Great places to buy wine: Dvine Cellars

Something rather wonderful is happening with wine retailing in the UK. It didn’t begin well: Over the last 20 years, we’ve seen virtually all our mainstream wine merchants go bust – something catalogued by Tim Atkin in his recent article Read more

Giorgio Clai and other winemakers in the Ploder Rosenberg cellars
7 minute read

Seven reasons why I love orange wines

I’m drawn to outsiders – people who dare to be different, who stand out proudly from the crowd. That makes orange wines – and the winemakers who produce them – an easy sell. This is a style that can shock, Read more