The Morning Claret

Simon J Woolf & Friends on Wild and Wonderful Wines

Month: June 2014

Slurp back label
6 minute read

When slurping isn’t natural

I looked at the bottle three times, picked it up, took a photo on my phone. Something didn’t feel quite right. “This is simply a fabulous French no-nonsense natural wine…” screamed the label. And then further down, there it was Read more

Zenato vineyards lugana
6 minute read

Lakeside view – musings on Lugana

“Our wines are made in the vineyard”. If I had a penny for every producer I’ve heard trot out this clichéd phrase, I’d be rich enough to buy a hectare of vines in Burgundy. This statement is safely out of scope Read more