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06/03/2020
Minerality in wine… the 101 We wine folk love a good masterclass. As common as quartz in granite, tasting professionals, buyers, marketeers pack out seminar rooms in a bid to understand why minerality has become such a big thing for the wine trade. Almost every introduction to a discussion on minerality begins with an emphasis […]
14/01/2020
The History of English Wine… (not quite) briefly! We have to thank the Romans… It’s impossible to move a few feet in the world of wine without bumping into the Romans and their impact on vinous history. There is strong evidence of a healthy wine drinking culture pre-Roman occupation in the UK but the consensus […]
22/10/2019
When David Attenborough launched his latest series, “Seven Worlds, One Planet” in October of this year, he was asked how we can help save the planet and he replied: “Don’t waste things. Don’t waste electricity, don’t waste paper, don’t waste food – live the way you want to live, but just don’t waste.” At Vintage […]
05/04/2018
Wine labels are often perceived as being complicated to understand. Here we have tried to demystify the terms and names by showing examples from a selection of key wine producing countries. Labels are the first thing we see when looking at a wine bottle, and for many people (up to 71%, according to research) it’s […]
02/02/2018
BLOG PART 2 Traceability Organic certification is the world’s most widely-used, secure and impermeable traceability system. Every single certified product can be traced back to its precise origin. For example, a bottle of certified wine can be traced back to the exact vineyard in which its grapes originated. The certification process makes sure every stage […]
21/01/2018
Burns Night (25th January) approaches once again, giving us all a perfect excuse to indulge in a hearty meal and one of the world’s great food and drink matches: haggis and whisky. Traditionally served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potato), it is a filling and inexpensive meal, but packed with rich, oaty and […]
16/01/2018
Organic Wine Certification Whilst it is very encouraging to see a growing number of vine-growers and winemakers who are adopting ecologically & sustainably sound working practices, both in the vineyard and in the winery, the consumer can only have complete assurance that a wine is fully organic or biodynamic if the producer can show official […]
24/04/2017
When people think of New Zealand, rugby and Lord of the Rings may spring to mind (it’s where the movies were filmed, after all). However, New Zealand is fast becoming known as the home of some of the best New World wines. Unknown as a wine producer until the 1980s and ‘90s, it quickly made […]
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