Exploring Southern Italy with Radici del Sud
Simon reports on a superb evening tasting Southern Italian wines and pairing them with delicious food from their home regions.
How to survive La Dive
Hannah has the essential tips for you if you’re a wine professional and you want to keep body and soul together at La Dive Bouteille and its spin-off wine fairs in the Loire this winter.
Glass Half Empty
Simon hates bad glassware, and does not understand why it’s so prevalent at natural wine venues.
Amazing opportunity, cellar hand wanted
Want a job working for an up-and-coming winery located somewhere in France? Hannah Fuellenkemper has the most amazing opportunity for you…. possibly.
Was there Georgian wine at Raw Berlin 2021?
A brief report on RAW Fair Berlin 2021, which went ahead despite the odds stacked against it. A small crisis with a missing shipment of Georgian wine was also resolved swiftly on the day.
Why French winemakers never reply to emails
Did you ever wonder why French winemakers never reply to your email? Hannah has the answer, explained from the winemaker’s point of view.
New Portuguese wine discoveries at Simplesmente Vinho 2021
Simon reports back from the 2021 edition of Simplesmente Vinho, Portugal’s most exciting celebration of artisan growers, natural and organic Portuguese wines.
Four wines and a wormhole
Hannah thinks she’s opened some kind of portal by calling up memories of 2020’s four most momentous wines. And we’re not going argue!
Why natural wine matters in 2020 – My top five discoveries of the year
Why you should choose organic, biodynamic and natural wines, as a response to the terrible events of 2020 and the pandemic. And just to inspire you, Simon selects five discoveries made in 2020 that put a big smile on his face and made him refill his glass.
Do ÖTW Erste Lage single-vineyard wines lack variety?
The Grafenegg tasting of the Danube’s top wines is one of the highlights of the tasting year. Yet sometimes the wines can show a frustrating uniformity. Simon investigates why this is.