Tent and sleeping bag packed, Helen McGinn – the award-winning author behind The Knackered Mothers’ Wine Club – considers the essential vinous supplies required for a camping trip. I don’t know about you, but I’m not a fan of camping. I’m an unhappy camper, as it were; which is slightly surprising given that I live […]

Continuing our series of guest blogs Kate Spicer declares her shameless love of rosé: entirely unapologetic, she champions the power of pink. I have some neighbours whose everyday wines are far from ordinary: Guigal Côte-Rôties and the very best of the Montrachet crus. I’m constantly dropping in around wine o’clock; “Oh, no I’d better not. […]

Midway through his first visit to Washington State, Jamie Goode takes a moment to reflect on the importance of visiting wine regions, meeting the winemakers and understanding the story behind each bottle. As I write, it’s just before 5am in the morning, and I’m jetlagged. I’m in Seattle, and the second day of a journalist […]

Tom Cannavan – of wine-pages.com – steps back to the 1970s, the glory days of flares and fondue-sets, with a soundtrack dominated by Patti Smith and the Sex Pistols, and takes a look at the wines embodying the spirit of punk today. The late 1970s was my time, music-wise. Living the student life at Glasgow […]