chardonnay
Culture
On the Tasting Bench
Tasting Bench
Pascal Jolivet Blanc Fume 2022
Sauvignon Blanc grapes sourced from three different soil types, the wine is a blend of grapes grown on 50% limestone, 30% flint and 20% clay-limestone. The vineyards...
Culture
Bad Earth, Petillant Naturel
Bad Earth, Petillant Naturel
I have been a huge fan of this vineyard and its wines from the very first time I tasted their Pinot Noir, and soon after managed to kick the dirt...
Food
An Uncommon Sole
Solea Solea
(The Life of a Common Sole)
The Solea solea species of the Soleidae, (flatfish) family gets its name from the Latin word for sandals. It is sometimes called the Common Sole but, most famously...
Culture
Joseph Drouhin: the Door to Freedom & the Road to Chablis
By all accounts, Joseph Drouhin was an enterprising young man. He came from the Chablis region in the far north of Burgundy and -at just 22 years of age- he moved to Beaune and...
Wine
The White Album – Track One: Chardonnay
Catalina Sounds ‘Sound of White' Chardonnay, Marlborough New Zealand, 2019
From the Sound of White vineyard in the Waihopai Valley, Marlborough wine region, New Zealand. The ‘Sound of White’ is the sound of nothing, the...