The Morning Claret

Simon J Woolf & Friends on Wild and Wonderful Wines

Month: December 2017

Dom Bliskowice – J’16 Johanniter Ultra 2016 ©Taka Takeuchi
3 minute read

Dom Bliskowice Johanniter Ultra 2016

Poland doesn’t get the respect that it deserves, either with food or wine. Ignorance too often clouds the landscape. I was recently on a train to Warsaw eavesdropping as four Brits struggled to come up with a single dish other Read more

Father and Son - Valter and Klemen Mlecnik
4 minute read

Refinement and classicism in Mlečnik Ana

One of the more popular questions I get asked in masterclasses is “how many days of maceration is necessary before a white wine becomes an orange wine?”
Mlečnik Ana is a great way to answer this question.

5 minute read

Six Georgian wines to get you through Christmas

Christmas means different things to everyone but to me it means dodging career talks and getting new pyjamas. It doesn’t stop there – There is much, much more not to like. To pick but a few from the Grinch’s hat: Read more

6 minute read

Molto Forte biodynamics, mezzo-forte wine

Wineries can soak up a lot of money – as per the popular industry joke “How do you make a million in wine? Answer: Start with two million”. The landscape is littered with vinous vanity projects created by wealthy industrialists, Read more