2013 Sassicaia: A Vintage That ‘Promises Greatness’
Having charted the development of the 2013s over several recent visits to Tuscany’s west coast, it is clear that this is a year destined for greatness.
Having charted the development of the 2013s over several recent visits to Tuscany’s west coast, it is clear that this is a year destined for greatness.
When Olivier Krug reveals there was not a moment’s hesitation to create Krug 2002, there is good reason to taste the finished article. Krug, after all, is a champagne house not renowned for caprice. Throughout its history it has honed...
Jean-Pierre Charlot of Domaine Joseph Voillot is without doubt one of the warmest, most genuine men you could ever hope to meet – and he’s a terrific winemaker to boot. He is a favourite of the critics: Neal Martin has...
A few photographs from Monday’s en primeur tasting amongst the Tudor portraits at The Philip Mould Gallery on Pall Mall.
Despite my best efforts to the contrary it was with leaden foot that I traversed a gloomy London evening. Not the contraflow of weary, waterlogged citizens nor the interminable mizzle that caused my reluctance; it was a more profound melancholy.