Podcast – Champagne (in Dutch)
If you are still wondering about the what, why and how of champagne, and you understand (Flemish) Dutch: I was recently interviewed for Wijncast, a podcast by radio journalist and avid wine lover Dennis...
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Wine Trends for 2020
How time flies; another year has come to an end! This means it is a good time to look back at last year’s post and evaluate what I had envisioned for 2019, before announcing...
Cheese and the Wines of Rasteau
I adore cheese. And wine, obviously. And food & wine more than anything. As a result I tend to be quite outspoken about cheese and wine pairings – more specifically about the widespread fallacy...
Wein, Weib und Lebensfreude
Women and Wine Last month I went on a wine trip themed ‘Women and Wine’. Eleven of us, all female wine bloggers and journalists from Europe, North America, China and Japan, visited a range...
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...
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 in Champagne
‘Champagne: a wine to keep your smile, or to win it back’ [Update 2019] This interview happened in June 2018, shortly after the official announcement that Séverine Frerson would be the new cellar master...
