We’ve been looking forward for it for a while: the annual asparagus season. Until June 24th we are able to enjoy our Asparagus officinalis L., more poetically known as: the queen of vegetables, white gold, edible ivory or ‘pointes d’amour’.
This regal vegetable obviously deserves the right liquid punctuation…
Yesterday top sommelier Tom Ieven of 3-Michelin star restaurant Hof van Cleve was crowned ‘Sommelier of the Year 2020’. Noteworthy: 10 years ago, the very first title winner, Pieter Verheyde, also worked at Hof...
I mentioned it last month among the wine trends for 2020: many established wine regions are undergoing significant transformations. This includes Bordeaux, old love of experienced wine aficionados, yet often vilified and avoided by...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
