The New Spring in Champagne
April is a fantastic month for those of us who are professionally involved with champagne. It’s when the Printemps des Champagnes takes place in Reims, where more than 20 winemakers’ associations present their wines...
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Simonne Wellekens is Belgium’s Wine Lady of the Year 2019
Wine is a social medium. Last week, MJ Publishing launched the 10th edition of the Belgian culinary yearbook Foodprint. Traditionally, during this event the name of Belgium’s new Sommelier of the Year and the...
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,...
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...
