By Nick Adams As part of the series of looking at the people behind the wines I come to an example which could be argued to be the one of the most enduring and profound of all – Henschke, based in the Barossa South Australia. I also had the privilege to work with Henschke for…
From Nick Adams MW With all that has gone on, and is happening now, you may well be planning a New Year’s Eve dinner party at home with a small group of close friends and/or family. In this case I thought a blog on options and ideas for that event may be of interest. And…
From Nick Adams MW Pescatarians Easy to forget that many fish and shellfish are in plentiful supply (and at their best) in the winter with the following particularly good and sustainable examples: Sea Bass Farmed Sea Trout Brill Turbot Lemon Sole Plaice Gilt Head Bream Hake Monkfish Mackerel Mussels Oysters Crab Scallops Clams + as ever…
Additives in wine: What goes into the making of wine and may be termed an “Ingredient”, or “Additive”? What is “Natural Wine”; wine deemed “suitable for Vegans and Vegetarians” – and how might this all matter to the wine drinker. Fundamentally, wine is made from the fermentation of the juice from freshly gathered grapes. This…
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] Here is a list of suggested Christmas presents for the wine lovers in your life. I always find it quite difficult to buy for men so this is particularly good for dads, husbands, sons and brothers. There are also presents to give hosts and hostesses if you are invited…
I’ve just spent a week in Sicily, near to Palermo. This volcanic island, home of Mount Etna is off the toe of Italy towards Tunisia, a geographical and cultural bridge between North Africa and Europe. As a result, Sicily has been invaded by just about everybody over the course of its history. What was probably bad…
One of the wines that really stands out to me is the Chateau Lestrille-Capmartin Bordeaux Blanc. This, to be frank, is one of the most fantastically nuanced wines I’ve seen in a while. It’s a stunner.
Nick Adams, MW For centuries the only method for stoppering a wine bottle was with a cork. So much so that it became the very symbol of wine itself and with it the often prolonged ceremony and theatre of opening the bottle with a cork screw and sniffing the cork to see if it was…
WineTrust100 is dedicated to sharing with you a constantly refreshed selection of 100 of the best wines, for their price, from all over the world. Selected by our Masters of Wine, these wines make up the WineTrust100 – wines sourced by experts, for people who want to enjoy wine, and not worry about wine. Nick Adams…
