pinot noir
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
Red Mountain
“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...
Culture
A Glass of Noir
A Glass of Noir
Sweetness and silk on the tongue,
Cherry kisses,
Falling to the floor of the forest,
Sweet, sweaty scents of sexual arousal.
Poetry, fanning out along neural pathways,
Little eddies of complexity swirling around synapses,
Coaxing, seducing, whispering...
Culture
Noir Around the World – a new book about a grape variety that has been called “The opium of the upper classes”.
New Release
‘Pinot Noir Around the World’ by Anne Krebiehl MW
The International Wine & Food Society (IWFS) is pleased to announce the publication of their latest monograph focusing on one of, if not, the world’s...
Wine
Human, All Too Human
My shameless love affair with Pinot Noir is widely known, Burgundy in particular but, we are not exclusive.
A Glass of Noir
Sweetness and silk on the tongue,
Cherry kisses,
Falling to the floor of the forest,
Truffles, damp...