I was early and left to my own devices in the lounge of the Vineyard. After a few photographs of the furnishings and debating slipping aRead More

A rare privilege, a few weeks ago, of a chance to sample some Texan wines here in the UK. You don’t see much, if any, TexanRead More

Nothing says ‘great time’ quite like a grand collection of corks; and say what you like about screw-caps but they just ain’t as photogenic! Taken duringRead More

From the huge bank of photographs taken during the excellent International Wine Tourism Conference held in Perugia, Italy and post-conference trips into the vinelands between PerugiaRead More

Not long before lunch but the winter sun has barely made an impression; it is low in the sky its weak rays glinting off the vineyardsRead More

In retrospect perhaps overly ambitious; a thousand word article accompanied by a whole host of photographs. The editor bounced back the invoice “14 photographs too many;Read More

This year, 2012, sees the Umbrian producer Lungarotti celebrate two anniversaries. It has been 50 years since the renovation of the winery and vineyards and 50Read More

While the wine we sampled at the Castello della Sala winery, a little way outside Orvieto, wasn’t up to much the view certianly was. By peeringRead More

For todays Sunday Wine Shot a glamours scene of the ‘office’ or at least the packing/dispatch area at the Barberani Winery in Umbria, Italy. A visitRead More

Orvieto is a tourist destination, not just because of its association with wine, but for the miles of caves that run under the gruund and theRead More