Doug of Les Caves has sent me a couple of pictures of the amphorae used for the fermentation and elevage of Cos’ Pithos wine (a red wine from Sicily that I blogged on a couple of weeks ago). I thought I’d share them here. Original post by Jamie

I’m hesitant to describe a £6 wine as ‘cheap’, considering for many public that’s quite a bit of money, and you’ll just think I’m some loaded snob. But, let’s face it, £6 isn’t a lot for a bottle of wine these days. possibly I should use the less loaded term ‘affordable’. Well, here’s an affordabl…

It’s quite hard to adjust to late November London after spring in Kiwi land. The weather here seems miserably cold and it’s awfully dark, although I did have a nice nature come across yesterday - a hawk flew up from the ground just five feet in front of me, carrying a mouse. It alighted on a branch …

Harvest is by and wines and winemakers can finally rest after a frenetic two months. that is the second annual Unofficial Classification of Washington State wines, or more accurately, of Washington State wineries. The 2007 Unofficial Classification of Washington State Wines represents my personal, p…

Even ‘natural’ winemakers have to add stuff to wine - nearly always. While wine pretty much makes itself without much in the way of additions, one chemical - sulfur dioxide - is pretty hard to do away with. It’s nearly universal use in wine is considering it has the useful dual action of inhibiting …

A Thanksgiving Day meal with friends and family provides a perfect opportunity to enjoy nice wine. considering so much fuss is made by food and wine pairings in general, I find folks get a little stressed out about what to serve guest on that special day. Fortunately, many wines have a much broader …

Tasting notes:Nose of black cherry and sweet spicesBright cherry and leather on the palateFinishes smoothly with berries, ash, dark chocolate, and hints of vanillaI could build that my house Chianti that year! that is a nice wine, with a full flavor profile and interesting layers. In fact, I bought …

We’ve been teaching wine classes lately and did one on Holiday wine. We tasted fourteen wines altogether and had a lot of fun. The NV Mumm Napa Brut goes well with everything - turkey, ham, roast beef. Great way to start off a holiday meal. Chandon Brut is a little drier. Both are great buys on sale…

We’ve been teaching wine classes lately and did one on Holiday wine. We tasted fourteen wines altogether and had a lot of fun. The NV Mumm Napa Brut goes well with everything - turkey, ham, roast beef. Great way to start off a holiday meal. Chandon Brut is a little drier. Both are great buys on sal…

You can’t cheat your body clock. No matter how savvy a traveller you think you are; no matter how many day zones you’ve flown through in the last decade; no matter how well you can rationalize the various issues surrounding the circadian clock and its resetting - when you’ve flown back from New Zeal…