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Gredos, Comando G and Creation from Nothing
The other day I was at a wine tasting hosted by Daniel Landi and Fernando García, who together make wine as Comando G in the mountainous Sierra de Gredos region...
Gredos, Comando G and Creation from Nothing
The other day I was at a wine tasting hosted by Daniel Landi and Fernando García, who together make wine as Comando G in the mountainous Sierra de Gredos region...
The Hands-off Approach to Viticulture
In the middle of the last century on the island of Shikoku in southern Japan, a disillusioned agricultural scientist named Masanobu Fukuoka moved to a remote hillside farm and launched...
The Hands-off Approach to Viticulture
In the middle of the last century on the island of Shikoku in southern Japan, a disillusioned agricultural scientist named Masanobu Fukuoka moved to a remote hillside farm and launched...
Old vines: Connections to the Past and Future o...
So far, my little nomadic winemaking project has taken me to some extraordinary wine lands: Bairrada in northern Portugal, La Palma in the Canary Islands, Bio-Bio in southern Chile, Moratalla...
Old vines: Connections to the Past and Future o...
So far, my little nomadic winemaking project has taken me to some extraordinary wine lands: Bairrada in northern Portugal, La Palma in the Canary Islands, Bio-Bio in southern Chile, Moratalla...
Everything You Need to Know About Baga
Baga has pretty unpromising credentials. The word 'Baga’ just means 'grape', and for most of its history, this tinto grape of northern Portugal has mostly been used for bulk wines, or to flesh out the...
Everything You Need to Know About Baga
Baga has pretty unpromising credentials. The word 'Baga’ just means 'grape', and for most of its history, this tinto grape of northern Portugal has mostly been used for bulk wines, or to flesh out the...
Sulphur in Wine
At the risk of rendering you so bored that you want to punch yourself repeatedly in the face, I'd like to write a bit about sulphur dioxide in wine. It...
Sulphur in Wine
At the risk of rendering you so bored that you want to punch yourself repeatedly in the face, I'd like to write a bit about sulphur dioxide in wine. It...
Faults, Flaws and Funky Goings-on
Ever wondered about flaws, faults and funky goings-on in your wine? Here's a bit about what they are and what causes them... My favourite wines tend to be those that have...
Faults, Flaws and Funky Goings-on
Ever wondered about flaws, faults and funky goings-on in your wine? Here's a bit about what they are and what causes them... My favourite wines tend to be those that have...