Wine
Wine Words: Vintage – Decoding wine speak and tasting notes
If we talk about vintage fashion, vintage cars or even vintage watches, people have a pretty clear i...
Wine Words: Balance – Decoding Wine Speak And Tasting Notes
Wine tasting students are taught to assess quality in terms of BLIC, that is Balance, Length, Intens...
2016: The Greatest Fine Wine Vintage Ever?
I’m often asked by my non-wine trade friends if I have any inside tips in terms of what they should ...
Chinese New Year – 2026, The Year Of The Horse
The zodiac symbol of the horse is associated with momentum, confidence, and unstoppable forward ener...
Drinking in Christmas
A Grinch’s guide on what and how to drink at Christmas!
Obviously, not everyone enjoys Christmas, ...
The 2025 Wine Hit Parade
It is that time of year when the Top 100 lists appear in the wine world. James Suckling, The Wine Sp...
Beyond Bordeaux: September Releases Preview
The fine wine trade springs back to life in September after the traditionally sleepy summer months. ...
Redefining the Fine Wine Experience: Wanderthirst, Dujac Paulée & La Gaffelière Dinners
If there’s one thing I’ve been thinking about lately, it’s how much the fine wine world still leans ...
A Journey Into Wine Collecting (and Google Maps)
It started with a simple Muscadet... how I became a wine collector
I am sometimes asked how I start...
Current State and Future of the Chinese Wine Market
Vino Joy News www.vino-joy.com
I recently met with Natalie Wang, Founder of Vino Joy News, a Hong K...
Wine Auction News – Some Positive Results
Recent wine auctions have shown some very interesting results
If you are looking for some positive ...
Two Way Traffic: Buying… And Selling Fine wine
If you have well-cared-for wines to sell, especially if originally purchased from Vinum, we would lo...
When to pull that cork? The shfting sands of time.
"Just curious....is anyone using the same cell phone as they were 20 years ago?"
Antonio Galloni po...
100 Points – What does it mean in today’s fine wine market?
History
Back in the day, the magic number wouldn’t just sell the wine, it would move the market, a ...
Venturing off the RN74 – Drinking Off The Beaten Track in Burgundy
“That’s it, I’m done! I’m priced out of Burgundy!”
If you’re interested in fine Burgundy, and haven...
The Asian Wine Market: In conversation with Timothy Goh of Vinum Fine Wines
Timothy Goh, Sales Director of Vinum Fine Wines Singapore, joins Sarah Kemp on The Wines Conversatio...
Burgundy 2023 Vintage Report
Three and a half days of tasting, 19 domaines, 200ish wines: all to remind me how little I know!
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Chateaux Lynch Bages & Pichon Lalande: Six Vintages, 2005-1966
This was a recent tasting I led for my local tasting group, the Jeroboam Club, in the UK. They had s...
Discovering Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter
Attending the Clos de Vougeot masterclass at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter was a rare treat, an i...
Decant / De-can’t, When Do You Pour Yours?
Pouring wine from a bottle into another serving vessel, to remove sediment or aid oxygenation, shoul...
Berries to Barrels: Barreling and Beyond!
While the Corton-Charlemagne and Pernand-Vergelesses quietly crackle in their barrels, it’s time for...
How To Start A Wine Collection
Collecting wine is a fantastic hobby. Buying special cases or bottles, tucking them away and thinkin...
Berries to Barrels: Beginning of the Fermentation
After the excitement of the harvest, everything has calmed down. The sun has been replaced by rain, ...
Berries to Barrels: Wrapping up the Harvest 2024
The harvest season is wrapping up in Burgundy. The last grapes are being clipped from the vines whil...
Berries to Barrels: A Month in the Trenches at Domaine Follin-Arbelet
Burgundy 2024 Harvest and Winemaking Journal
Bienvenue to my Harvest and Winemaking Journal! For ...
A First Look at September’s Most Anticipated Wine Releases
Get Ready for an Exceptional September 2024!
While August is traditionally one of the slower months...
Groffier Dinner Report
For some years I have been fascinated by the wines of Domaine Robert Groffier. At the Burgfest blind...
Chateau Rayas Dinner – Sometimes Lightning Does Strike Twice
In June 2023 I remember pinching myself as I sat down to a dinner in Singapore with eight vintages o...
Burgfest Report: 2020 Whites
That we were asking ourselves whether 2020 had provided the best ever white Burgfest tells you all y...
Bordeaux 2023 – Vintage Report
Bordeaux 2023 is a vintage born out of an adversity that stretched from the climatic to market condi...
2023 Bordeaux En Primeur Is Coming
It’s that time of year again, Bordeaux En Primeur is just around the corner. We expect the first rel...
Vintage report – Barolo 2020
The northern Italian region of Piemonte is currently enjoying a golden age and has been blessed with...
Bordeaux 2020: Southwold Tasting Report
2020 is a remarkably consistent, extremely high quality, year for red Bordeaux. The wines are much m...
2022 Burgundy – How wrong we were!
In 2022 the Burgfest tasting of 2018 reds fell during the early days of the harvest. I have clear re...
The Best Wines Ever Made? Here Are Some Of The Finest Bottles In Existence
What are the best wines ever made?
A team dinner brought up the question of what are the greatest f...
Vintage Report: Burgundy 2021 by Matthew Hemming MW
Our first thoughts on the new vintage, tasted in the Cote d'Or late last year.
Chiselled whites wit...