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Category Archives: Wine Heroes
Peter Hall – Breaky Bottom (1943 – 2025)
I spent half of my life living in Brighton. It was a tolerable (at first) commute to London, and what could be nicer that bringing up children by the sea? But we are hill and mountain walkers at heart, and … Continue reading
Heroic Viticulture and Thrilling Wines – Matt Gregory in Leicestershire
We occasionally use the phrase “heroic viticulture”, but in doing so we are most often conjuring up someone whose vines sit high up a mountain in the Swiss Valais, Aosta or Chile. Fifty years ago we might also have said … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Heroes
Tagged English Natural Wine, English Wine, Extreme Viticulture in England, Hedge Line 2023, Heroic Viticulture, Leicestershire Wine, Matt Gregory Winemaker, Theo Coles The Hermit Ram, Walton Brook Vineyard, Wine in the Leicestershire Wolds
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Natural Trailblazers by Camilla Gjerde (Book Review)
Around this time of year back in 2021 I reviewed Camilla Gjerde’s first book (see article 27-10-2021, “We Don’t Want Any Crap in Our Wine”). Camilla, who was born in Norway but now lives in Sweden, has a Diploma in … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Philosophy and Wine, Viticulture, Wine, Wine and Health, Wine Books, Wine Heroes, Wine Science, Wine Writing
Tagged Camilla Gjerde Author, Cecilia Magnusson Photographer, Christine Pieroth Piri Natural, Florian Beck-Hartweg, Jean-Mark Dreyer, Katie Worobeck Vigneronne, Maison Maenad Orbagna, Mythopia Viticulture, Natural Trailblazers Book Review, Permaculture and Wine, Regenerative Viticulture, Wine Book Review, Wine by Bike, Wine by Ship, Wine Packaging, Wine Transport, Wine writing, Yannick Meckert Alsace
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Cork & Cask, Edinburgh’s Community Wine Store with a Far Wider Reach
A lot has changed since I moved to Scotland in 2022. I think one of the main changes I had to get to grips with was that nobody knew me up here. In London I’d get invited to all the … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Craft Spirits, Natural Wine, Premium Spirits, Whisky, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Heroes, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings, Women in Wine
Tagged Best Edinburgh Beer Shop, Best Edinburgh Whisky Shop, Best Edinburgh Wine Fairs, Britain's Best Wine Shops, Chris Mitchell Cork & Cask, Cork & Cask Edinburgh, Cork & Cask Wine Fairs, Edinburgh Wine Merchant, Edinburgh Wine Shop, India Parry Williams, Jamie Dawson, Natural Wine in Edinburgh, Neighbourhood Wine Shop Edinburgh
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The Solent Cellar – Like a London Wine Shop in a Sleepy South Coast Town
I am working through my list of feature articles about some very special wine merchants. I’ve written about Feral Art et Vin in Bordeaux, and Butlers Wine Cellar in Brighton. Next up, The Solent Cellar in Lymington, Hampshire. Lymington is, … Continue reading
Butlers Wine Cellar – The Evolving Nature of Wine Retail in Brighton
A lot of you read my “interview” with Feral Art & Vin in Bordeaux last month. I think I mentioned that it was the first in a short series on wine shops which rock my wine world, and for the … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Californian Wine, English Wine, Portuguese wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Heroes, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings
Tagged Blank Bottle Winery, Brighton Crew Club Supporters, Brighton Wine Shop, Butlers Wine Cellar Brighton, English Sparkling Wine Specialist, Portuguese Wine Specialist, Source for Breaky Bottom
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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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Like a Child in a Sweet Shop – Made From Grapes and Sevslo Wine, Glasgow
If you have been reading this blog recently you will probably have seen my piece on Vanessa Letort and her “Du Vin aux Liens” project, and the wine journey that flowed from my discovery of this wine collective and all … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Heroes, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Women in Wine
Tagged Glasgow wine shop, Liam Hanlon, Made from Grapes Glasgow, Natural Wine in Glasgow, Natural Wine in Scotland, Séverine Sloboda, Scottish Wine Importer, Sevslo Wine, Small Producer Wine Importer Scotland, Women in Wine
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New Wine Leaders 1 – Christina Rasmussen
I was flicking through one of those trade magazines, one which always helps to form a disorderly pile beside my bed after a big event like the London Wine Fair. Anyway, this copy had one of those rankings of young … Continue reading
Posted in Californian Wine, Natural Wine, Viticulture, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Heroes, Wine Writing, Women in Wine
Tagged Abe Schoener Scholium Project, Christina Rasmussen, Daniella Pillhofer, Littlewine, Los Angeles River Wine Co, Oxfordshire Vineyard, Rajat Parr, Westbury Comms Wine PA, Wine Leaders in Taste, Young People in Wine
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 