Myanmar

    When the Vintage is Over Today -under enormous adversity it must be said- we picked the last grapes of the 2024 vintage, in Shan State Myanmar. A miserly crop, but the fruit is mostly good, some...

  Que Syrah, Shiraz From the roasted slopes of the Northern Rhone to the ancient vines of the Barossa Valley Syrah, (as it is known in France) or Shiraz, (as it is called in...

  The Rangoon Tea House and Me   “Monsieur Thirsty Bedford” In my travels in Indochina, I had been given an identification paper describing me as Louis (sic) Norman, writer, commissioned by Jonathan Cape Limited of Thirty...

   “This is Burma, and it will be quite unlike any land you know about.” George Orwell, Burmese Days As we prepare to release the 2022 Reserve Pinot Noir, I take a moment to reflect on the...

Shan State Myanmar's amazing produce  Sitting under a clear blue sky, on a cool day in the vineyard, perched between the mountains and the lake; a waft of morning mist still lazily crawling up the...

Mandalay’s Medicinal Tincture Dr. Weizza Prescription Gin From a small batch still in Mandalay, comes this potent potion of pure essence, infused with a veritable apothecary of botanicals and aromatics, divined by a Se...

  Emporia Euphoria   Burma Road “My mother used to say that rain here pours like a blessing, like a thick veil that parts to reveal the bride's face…..” ― Mia Kirshner, I Live Here   All over Myanmar, people...

  Patches on a Torn Land I’ve known Matt Talbot for around half a dozen years or so, and I value our friendship; he is a good-bloke, splendid company and is passionate about an industry...