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Category Archives: Wine Books
Review of the Year 2023
My Review of the Year 2023 marks a new phase in my life. I can’t really say career, because as far as wine goes, it isn’t a conventional one (and I think, to many working in wine in my new … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Review of the Year, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Books, Wine Festivals, Wine Heroes, Wine Merchants, Wine Science, Wine Tastings, Wine Writing
Tagged Abbie Moulton New British Wine, Henry Jeffreys Vines in a Cold Climate, Jamie Goode The New Viticulture, Most Read Articles of 2023, Review of the Year 2023, Ten Winemakers who have Touched my Soul, Wide World of Wine Resolutions, wideworldofwine.co top articles 2023, Wine Books of the Year 2023, Wine Leaders - inspirational people
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The New Viticulture by Dr Jamie Goode (Book Review)
Back in June last year I reviewed a small book called Regenerative Viticulture by Dr Jamie Goode. It’s a fascinating work which, for those aware of one of winemaking’s buzz phrases, is pretty much self-explanatory in its title. In its … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Fine Wine, Grape Varieties, Natural Wine, Vine Training, Viticulture, Wine, Wine and Health, Wine Books, Wine Science, Wine Writing
Tagged Accessible Wine Science, Biodynamic Viticulture, Book on Modern Viticulture, Dr Jamie Goode, Epigenics, Esca Trunk Disease, François Dal and Vine Surgery, Glyphosate and other Vine Treatments, Hybrid Vines, Jamie Goode Regenerative Viticulture, Manuela Brando, Marco Simonit and Pruning, Modern Viticulture, Organic Viticulture, PIWIs and ResDur, Research at Château Lafite, Soil and Viticulture, Sustainable Viticulture, The New Viticulture by Jamie Goode (Review), Threats to Viticulture, Valentin Blattner, Vine Health, Vine Pests and Diseases, Vine Surgery and Curetage, Vine Treatments, Vine Trunk Disease, Vineyard Rhizosphere, Vineyards, Wine Books, Wine Science Book, Wine writing
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Vines in a Cold Climate by Henry Jeffreys (Book Review)
I had been looking forward to this book for a while. I had my spies…in fact it was Peter Hall at Breaky Bottom who, in March last year, had tipped me off that Henry Jeffreys was writing a book on … Continue reading
New British Wine by Abbie Moulton with Maria Bell (Book Review)
The back cover of Abbie Moulton and Maria Bell’s book proclaims that “British food has had its revolution. Now is the time for British wine”. It goes on to say that “British Wine” was once shorthand for imported grape mush … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Writing
Tagged Abbie Moulton Author, British Low Intervention Winemaking, British Wine's Innovators and disruptors, Maria Bell Photographer, Natural Wines in the UK, New at Hoxton Mini Press, New British Wine book by Abbie Moulton, New Wine Books 2023, Wine Book (English Welsh British Wine), Wine Writing British Wine
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Review of the Year 2022
I shall tell you my Wines of the Year in my next article, following last year’s popular format of twelve wines, one from each month. First, here, I’ll list the dozen most popular articles of the year on wideworldofwine. A … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Review of the Year, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Books, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Science, Wine Tastings, Wine Writing
Tagged Autentikfest Moravia 2022, Ayscough The World of Natural Wine, Breaky Bottom, Dallimore The Vineyards of Britain, Goode Regenerative Viticulture, Gut Oggau, Most Read Articles on Wideworldofwine 2022, Review of the Year 2022, Tastings of the Year, Tongba, Tutto Wines, Wine Books of the Year
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The World of Natural Wine by Aaron Ayscough (Book Review)
Occasionally a wine book can be eagerly-awaited for quite some time, and The World of Natural Wine by Aaron Ayscough is one of them. Aaron has been on my radar for many years, via his blog “Not Drinking Poison” (originally … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Merchants, Wine Travel, Wine Writing
Tagged Aaron Ayscough Author, Ayscough Natural Wine Book, How to Find Natural Wine, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Producers in France, Thinking About Natural Wine, What is Natural Wine, Writing on Natural Wine
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The Vineyards of Britain by Ed Dallimore (Review)
I think I’ve mentioned Ed Dallimore a few times in recent articles, and a while ago I promised a review of his book, The Vineyards of Britain. Now I’ve finally found time to put fingers to keyboard to tell you … Continue reading
Regenerative Viticulture by Dr Jamie Goode (Book Review)
Regenerative Viticulture is a phrase being bandied around a lot right now, but it is sufficiently new, and current, for the majority of people, that many probably don’t really know exactly what it means. This is why Jamie Goode has, … Continue reading
Posted in Grape Varieties, Natural Wine, Viticulture, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Science, Wine Writing
Tagged Agroecology, Animals in the Vineyard, Cover Crops, Disease-resistant grape varieties, Dr Jamie Goode, Functional Biodiversity in Viticulture, Jamie Goode Author, Masanobu Fukuoka, No-till farming, Permaculture and Vines, PIWI grape varieties, Regenerative Viticulture, Regenerative Viticulture Book Review, Regenerative Viticulture Foundation, ResDur grape varieties, Vineyard Soil Health
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Review of the Year 2021
My Review of 2021 will be a little different this year. It has been a tough year for many parts of the wine trade, especially so for small and specialist importers, not to mention restaurants and the rest of the … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Christmas and Wine, Natural Wine, Review of the Year, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Books, Wine Writing
Tagged Annamária Réka-Koncz The Wizard, Binner Si Rose, Domaine de la Tournelle Cul de Brey, Domaine L'Octavin Commendatore, Foot Trodden Book of the Year, Gutt Oggau Joschuari, Is That The Milky Way Darren Smith, Jutta Ambrositsch Rakete, Khukri Rum Nepal, Lambert Spielmann Red Z'Epfig, Mathias Bechtel Rauschling, Rennersistas Grauburgunder, Review of the Year 2021, Ryan Opaz, Simon J Woolf, Strömeier Schilcher Frizzante, TFWATH, The Finest Wines Available to Humanity, Wideworldofwine Top Articles 2021, Wine Books etc 2021, Wine in 2021
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Fizz! – Review of Anthony Rose’s New Book on Sparkling Wines
Christmas is always a time when people like me and you turn to new wine book releases. My trip overseas meant I wasn’t able to review this book in time for most people’s Christmas lists, but for those reading in … Continue reading
Posted in Champagne, English Wine, Petnat, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Writing
Tagged Anthony Rose Author, Anthony Rose Fizz Book Review, Champagne, English Sparkling Wine, Fizz! by Anthony Rose, Infinite Ideas Classic Wine Library, Petnat Wines, Sparkling Winemaking, Sparkling Wines of the World
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 