On our Champagne wine tours, we show both the grandiose and famous “houses” and the smaller growers’ champagnes (and much more) of this wine region.
Where do all the harvest workers come from? This is a question we are often asked on our wine tours. Even though harvesting machines are
Wines for women? Recently, I heard about a survey about the alleged different tastes of men and women in wine. The report apparently killed that
Wines for women? Recently, I heard about a survey about the alleged different tastes of men and women in wine. The report apparently killed that
We have heard it before. The established wine regions want to protect their brands. And therefore they are afraid of new players. This time it
The future in Europe for glyphosate, a substance used in the well-known Round-Up and other herbicides, is uncertain. The EU was supposed to have taken
Clos de Tart is a 7.5 hectare grand cru vineyard in Morey-Saint-Denis in the Côte de Nuits. The vineyard has been known for many hundreds
Cognac has a long-term plan to reduce the spraying in the vineyards. Currently, four different hybrids are being tested in the vineyards. All four grape
In the previous issue of the Brief. we wrote about myths in the wine world. Some of our readers have contacted us with comments. Among
The Barolo 1970 vintage came at a period of transition. Chemical treatments in the vineyards were still a novelty. The Nebbiolo wines had traditionally been
Ningxia started an original project in 2015, the Ningxia Winemakers Challenge (NWC). 48 different wine makers from all over the world were invited to Ningxia
Some of the most exciting wines in Bordeaux are made by the smaller chateaux, not so well-known internationally. It can be worth a small effort
Portugal and Spain have also been hit hard by forest fires, just like the fires in California. A dry and hot October made it easy
We have not yet planned all the wine tours on the schedule for next year but you can already book some of them. This is
We were recently doing wine tour with wine lovers in the Loire Valley we tasted some really delicious chenin blanc wines, many of them. Chenin
We have published some more comments on our travel blog on what customers, travellers, have had to say about our wine tour to Burgundy. On
Around 40 people died in very extensive fires north of San Francisco in mid-October. Wine regions like Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino were affected and the
I (Britt) visited Ningxia, one of China’s new wine regions, at the end of August. Ningxia is about a two hours’ flight west of Beijing,
The Australian wine producer Penfolds has since 3 years launched the “wines of the year”, the year’s new launches, at one and the same time,
It’s the kind of thing that makes you happy when it drops in in the morning. An email arrived this morning: I received your excellent
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