Food and Wine Daily

WIne blogging takes a backseat to food. But still it attracts the usual debate and criticism. A Wine and Spirit investigation tackles the subject: “… is blogging good for wine? The blogosphere seems to be at a crossroads, with an investigation by W&S revealing it is coming under increasing commercial pressures that threaten its very … Continue Reading

Expensive wine does taste better than cheap and don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. From Underexposed. The only trouble with wine is the smoke and mirrors in the marketing. Is an expensive wine really that much better than a cheap wine? Surely the differences in the yields of grapes and production can’t make that much … Continue Reading

The Loire is three regions for wine – Muscadet, Savennières and Chinon. Each expresses its own character from its distinctive terroir. In Chinon the reds are made mostly from cabernet franc although since the turn of the century up to 25 per cent of a blend can be Cabernet Sauvignon. According to Eric Assimov in … Continue Reading