Yesterday I hosted our second livestream panel in the Flemish-Dutch regional wine lovers’ Facebook group ‘Wijn Wijn Wijn’. This time I talked with three Belgians who own wine estates and are making wine abroad:...
On Sunday I hosted my very first Facebook livestream panel in one of our local wine community groups, called ‘Wijn Wijn Wijn’ – a name which doesn’t require translation, I’m sure. For this session,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
The Comité Champagne, the French trade organisation which represents the champagne houses as well as the independent champagne producers, has recently launched a new educational video about champagne (the wines) and Champagne (the region)....
It’s been very quiet here on the blog these past months – so much so that I should probably rename these ‘monthly musings’ to ‘bi-annual musings’…. But it was for all the right reasons,...
