Is orange wine really an ‘assault on pleasure’?
Simon takes Troy Patterson to task for asserting that orange wines are an assault on pleasure.
Hashtag unicorn wines
Hannah rails against the dislikeable trend of bragging about #unicorn wines on social media
“Orange wines are a sideshow and a waste of time”
“What’s the point of experimenting? We know how to make really good wine. Why do we want to throw away the formula and do something different?” Hugh Johnson, interviewed in the Washington Post, October 2016. Recently I’ve been wondering whether the Read more
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
The background to my natural wine challenge
Last summer, I wrote an enthusiastic article about rawfair – a hugely popular natural wine tasting about to run its third edition this weekend. My enthusiasm centred on the unstuffy atmosphere and the amount of vinous adventure that could be had in Read more
Wine Society whitewash – evil plot or careless journalism?
It’s no surprise that wine writers and journalists almost unanimously sing the Wine Society‘s praises. After all, here is a retailer which does not have profit as its primary motive, is entirely owned by its members and exists purely “to Read more