Rediscovering Authentic France: the Southwest
A few months ago, I spent some time in the southwest of France, in Gascony, just south of Bordeaux. It was a trip full of wonderful surprises: it’s a beautiful part of the world,...
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Wine Trends for 2019
Trying to predict the future is tricky business. Yet during the holiday season, mesmerised by the twinkling lights and the heady floral scent of our lemon tree (wintering in our living room as a...
An Appetite for Wine: The Wine List of… Restaurant L’Envie in Zwevegem, Belgium
For seasoned wine lovers, a restaurant’s wine list is at least as important as the menu itself. Unfortunately this is also what many restaurant reviews just glance over, adhering to the philosophy that the...
Interview with Séverine Frerson, Cellar Master at Champagne Piper-Heidsieck
‘Champagne: a wine to keep your smile, or to win it back’ It was announced a while ago: Séverine Frerson, until then adjunct cellar master alongside the celebrated Régis Camus, has been appointed the...
Luberon Wines @ The Jane Table
The wines of Luberon are less well known than those of many other regions from the Southern Rhône, such as Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas or Tavel. Therefore when I recently got the chance to discover the gastronomic...
The New Face of Wine: Sustainable, Organic, Biodynamic or Natural?
We couldn’t miss it in April at the Printemps des Champagnes: organic is hipper than ever in the wide world of wine. Last month it was confirmed once again, this time in Ghent, where...
A Wine Rally in Champagne
After 3 editions in Flanders, one that crossed the border with The Netherlands in the Meuse Valley ánd a tour in Wallonia, this year the Flemish Wine Guild took its wine rally to the...
Spring in Champagne – Le Printemps des Champagnes 2018
Le Printemps des Champagnes (= The Spring of Champagnes) is an annual event where different groups of champagne growers present their champagnes to journalists, wine traders, restaurateurs and sommeliers from all over the world. 22...
Red Wines of Piemonte: More Than Nebbiolo
Italy is not just an unforgettable holiday destination but also a stunning wine country, with plenty of treasures waiting to be discovered in each of its 20 wine regions. One of its top performers...
Women in Wine – Wine Lady of the Year 2018
2017 was a great year for me, with becoming Champagne Ambassador for Belgium and Runner-Up in the European Champagne Ambassador finals. So far in 2018 this streak seems to continue: earlier this week, I...
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