A sparkling weekend in Champagne: Épernay, Aÿ and beyond
A weekend from Reims: a small train through Mercier’s chalk cellars, de Venoge and Veuve Clicquot in the glass, and the growers in Aÿ I ran out of time to visit.
Wine travels
Stories from vineyards and cellars in France, Spain and Cyprus: the landscapes, soils and people behind every glass.
Tasting Cyprus at Tsiakkas Winery
A winding climb into the Troodos hills, a guided tasting of six wines shaped by altitude, and a chance meeting with our guide Anastasia at a London wine show.
Binifadet: a Menorcan winery with rocky soils, sea breezes and a cellar carved into the rock
A walk through Menorca’s red, stony vineyards, the orange Chardonnay that surprised me most, and a long island lunch on the terrace at Binifadet.
My journey to Chablis: cool climate, pure expression
I tasted my way through seven Chablis cellars and learned how a few metres of slope, from windy Petit Chablis plateaus to the grand cru amphitheatre, change the glass.