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Champagne has always been a drink associated with the lifestyles of the rich and famous, and still, almost two centuries since the Champagne region grew the first roots of the commercial machine it...
For me, one of the best things about being involved in wine is meeting the people behind the products. I recently had the pleasure of catching up again with Matt Wenk, winemaker at the phenomenally...
An appearance of simplicity can be deceptive. Just as there is an art to presenting sushi and sashimi so that they appeal to the eye as much as to the palate, there is an art to matching them with...
Before New World wines began to have an international impact in the 1970s, the most important information on a wine label was to do with where the content of the bottle came from rather than from...
The people who brought us The Last Drop whisky two years ago [see our feature here: Last Drop] have released The Last Drop Cognac, a rare brandy from two French oak casks that the purveyors say were...
Thanks to television crime shows such as the CSI franchise just about everyone now knows that human beings can be unequivocally identified from tissue samples by DNA analysis.
Not so widely known is...
My brother, embarking on his first, and so far only, wedding was reportedly asked by his mother-in-law to be if it was alright to have the wedding in the “High Church”. Blighted as we...
The year 1972 is officially the longest year on record with scientists adding two seconds to the leap year in order to preserve some cosmic balance; a decision that may or may not have had anything...
The appreciation of Italian wine is fraught with complication. The country’s grape varieties number around 2000, its regional classifications are confusing, many of the words on the labels...
The family emblem of the Incisa Della Rochetta family is the Stellone d'Italia of Star of Italy, and rather appropriately it is also the logo for the iconic creation of Tenuta San Guido, Sassicaia,...