Dan Coward (ex-Bibendumite, now living in Sydney) reports from the Stonier International Pinot Noir Tasting (SIPNOT) 2012 in Sydney. See our blog on London SIPNOT in January:
SIPNOT 15 (and the 13th Australian version) slinked its way into my life again a couple of weeks back. There’s no better night around than the Stonier International Pinot Noir Tasting. Twelve blind, world-beating Pinots …
by Juel Mahoney
Sijnn Wines is a new collaboration between winemaker Waldo Van Zyl, David Trafford and Simon Farr.
When Waldo recently visited Bibendum I asked him how David Trafford chose the vineyard site in this remote region of South Africa.
by Juel Mahoney
Txakoli is one of those wine geeky wines. For people who pride themselves on ordering complex wines, at first glance, Txakoli is a strange choice. Apart from the intimidating Basque X in the name, there’s not a lot to it.
And that’s not a criticism.
Txakoli (pronounced Cha-co-li) is a bone-dry, low-alcohol, relatively …
by Juel Mahoney
As the handover to Rio 2016 begins, all eyes will be turning to Brazil. With little information available about the region apart from a few cursory paragraphs in reference books, and not knowing a lot myself, I asked our South American wine buyer, Iain Muggoch, about this emerging wine region and what we can expect leading up to …
by Gareth Groves
Terroir is a very common word in the world of wine. A French concept with no obvious direct translation into English, it is adept at wriggling out of attempts to define it. Intrinsically linked to soils, climate and the effect of the environment on the taste of a wine, it can perhaps be imperfectly summed up as a ‘sense …
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